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Mothers are guaranteed an equivalent position after maternity leave

Mothers are guaranteed an equivalent position after maternity leave is whether employers of women returning from maternity leave are legally obligated to provide them with an equivalent position after maternity leave. It takes into account paid and unpaid maternity leave and captures whether the employer has a legal obligation to reinstate the returning employee in an equivalent or better position and salary than the employee had pre-leave.Source:
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Mothers are guaranteed an equivalent position after maternity leaveMothers are guaranteed an equivalent position after maternity leaveYear
1
Kosovo
Yes
2017
2
Gambia
Yes
2017
3
Guinea
Yes
2017
4
Equatorial Guinea
Yes
2017
5
Greece
Yes
2017
6
Guatemala
Yes
2017
7
Honduras
Yes
2017
8
Croatia
Yes
2017
9
Haiti
Yes
2017
10
Hungary
Yes
2017
11
Republic of Ireland
Yes
2017
12
Iraq
Yes
2017
13
Iran
Yes
2017
14
Iceland
Yes
2017
15
Italy
Yes
2017
16
Jamaica
Yes
2017
17
Jordan
Yes
2017
18
Kenya
Yes
2017
19
Kyrgyzstan
Yes
2017
20
Cambodia
Yes
2017
21
Kiribati
Yes
2017
22
Comoros
Yes
2017
23
South Korea
Yes
2017
24
Kazakhstan
Yes
2017
25
Saint Lucia
Yes
2017
26
Liberia
Yes
2017
27
Lithuania
Yes
2017
28
Luxembourg
Yes
2017
29
Latvia
Yes
2017
30
Morocco
Yes
2017
31
Moldova
Yes
2017
32
Montenegro
Yes
2017
33
Republic of Macedonia
Yes
2017
34
Mali
Yes
2017
35
Mongolia
Yes
2017
36
Mauritania
Yes
2017
37
Malta
Yes
2017
38
Maldives
Yes
2017
39
Malawi
Yes
2017
40
Mexico
Yes
2017
41
Namibia
Yes
2017
42
Niger
Yes
2017
43
Nicaragua
Yes
2017
44
Netherlands
Yes
2017
45
New Zealand
Yes
2017
46
Panama
Yes
2017
47
Peru
Yes
2017
48
Poland
Yes
2017
49
Puerto Rico
Yes
2017
50
Portugal
Yes
2017
51
Paraguay
Yes
2017
52
Romania
Yes
2017
53
Russia
Yes
2017
54
Rwanda
Yes
2017
55
Sweden
Yes
2017
56
Slovakia
Yes
2017
57
San Marino
Yes
2017
58
Senegal
Yes
2017
59
El Salvador
Yes
2017
60
Swaziland
Yes
2017
61
Chad
Yes
2017
62
Togo
Yes
2017
63
Tajikistan
Yes
2017
64
East Timor
Yes
2017
65
Trinidad and Tobago
Yes
2017
66
Tanzania
Yes
2017
67
Ukraine
Yes
2017
68
Uganda
Yes
2017
69
United States
Yes
2017
70
Uzbekistan
Yes
2017
71
Venezuela
Yes
2017
72
Vietnam
Yes
2017
73
Vanuatu
Yes
2017
74
Samoa
Yes
2017
75
Zimbabwe
Yes
2017
76
Albania
Yes
2017
77
Armenia
Yes
2017
78
Argentina
Yes
2017
79
Australia
Yes
2017
80
Azerbaijan
Yes
2017
81
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yes
2017
82
Barbados
Yes
2017
83
Belgium
Yes
2017
84
Burkina Faso
Yes
2017
85
Bulgaria
Yes
2017
86
Benin
Yes
2017
87
Bolivia
Yes
2017
88
Brazil
Yes
2017
89
The Bahamas
Yes
2017
90
Bhutan
Yes
2017
91
Belarus
Yes
2017
92
Canada
Yes
2017
93
Central African Republic
Yes
2017
94
Republic of the Congo
Yes
2017
95
Ivory Coast
Yes
2017
96
Chile
Yes
2017
97
Cameroon
Yes
2017
98
Colombia
Yes
2017
99
Cyprus
Yes
2017
100
Czech Republic
Yes
2017
101
Djibouti
Yes
2017
102
Denmark
Yes
2017
103
Dominica
Yes
2017
104
Dominican Republic
Yes
2017
105
Algeria
Yes
2017
106
Estonia
Yes
2017
107
Eritrea
Yes
2017
108
Spain
Yes
2017
109
Finland
Yes
2017
110
Fiji
Yes
2017
111
France
Yes
2017
112
Gabon
Yes
2017
113
United Kingdom
Yes
2017
114
Afghanistan
No
2017
115
Antigua and Barbuda
No
2017
116
Nigeria
No
2017
117
Israel
No
2017
118
Angola
No
2017
119
India
No
2017
120
Austria
No
2017
121
United Arab Emirates
No
2017
122
Suriname
No
2017
123
Norway
No
2017
124
Nepal
No
2017
125
Bangladesh
No
2017
126
São Tomé and Príncipe
No
2017
127
Oman
No
2017
128
Japan
No
2017
129
Bahrain
No
2017
130
Burundi
No
2017
131
South Sudan
No
2017
132
Brunei
No
2017
133
Syria
No
2017
134
Papua New Guinea
No
2017
135
Philippines
No
2017
136
Pakistan
No
2017
137
Botswana
No
2017
138
Saint Kitts And Nevis
No
2017
139
Belize
No
2017
140
Marshall Islands
No
2017
141
Democratic Republic Of Congo
No
2017
142
Kuwait
No
2017
143
Yemen
No
2017
144
Switzerland
No
2017
145
Laos
No
2017
146
Lebanon
No
2017
147
Uruguay
No
2017
148
China
No
2017
149
Sri Lanka
No
2017
150
Costa Rica
No
2017
151
Cape Verde
No
2017
152
Palau
No
2017
153
Lesotho
No
2017
154
Germany
No
2017
155
Thailand
No
2017
156
Qatar
No
2017
157
South Africa
No
2017
158
Libya
No
2017
159
Serbia
No
2017
160
Ecuador
No
2017
161
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
No
2017
162
Egypt
No
2017
163
Tunisia
No
2017
164
Madagascar
No
2017
165
Ethiopia
No
2017
166
Saudi Arabia
No
2017
167
Solomon Islands
No
2017
168
Federated States of Micronesia
No
2017
169
Myanmar
No
2017
170
Seychelles
No
2017
171
Sudan
No
2017
172
Grenada
No
2017
173
Georgia
No
2017
174
Ghana
No
2017
175
Tonga
No
2015
176
Mauritius
No
2017
177
Singapore
No
2017
178
Slovenia
No
2017
179
Turkey
No
2017
180
Guinea-Bissau
No
2017
181
Guyana
No
2017
182
Hong Kong
No
2017
183
Malaysia
No
2017
184
Mozambique
No
2017
185
Sierra Leone
No
2017
186
Zambia
No
2017
187
Indonesia
No
2017
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