21.   Following maternity leave or a career break, all women working in the NHS will be able to return to work of a similar status.

22.   NURSE Toral Sharan is busy organising a major charity event just days after giving up work to take maternity leave.

23.   Many working women were stuck in low-paid part time jobs without job protection, sick pay or maternity leave.

24.   And with two advisers due to take maternity leave, his department will be unable to provide the surgery service beyond April this year.

25.   PROBLEMS include pressurisation to curtail maternity leave, failing which a dramatic loss of work and status occur on return.

26.   Although she can get maternity leave, my company has no policy regarding leave for new fathers.

27.   An administrative assistant on the East Coast applies for maternity leave over her desktop computer.