| 单词 | maternity cover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaternity cover maternity cover n. (a) (in early use) insurance covering a woman for pregnancy, childbirth, and the care of a newborn baby; (b) (now chiefly) temporary professional cover provided while a woman is on maternity leave from employment; a person who provides cover of this type.Attested earlier as maternity coverage: see quot. 1932. ΚΠ 1932 Current Hist. 1 July 453/2 Other countries provide for maternity ‘coverage’, invalidity, old age and burial.] 1950 Proc. Life Insurance Inst. Canada 14 69 It is usually provided that maternity cover will be extended for nine months after the termination of employment. 1979 Review: Internat. Insurance Intelligence 21 Sept. 2/3 All employers with a group insurance policy covering 15 or more employees must pay for maternity cover, says the US Supreme Court. 1983 Guardian 7 June 16/7 (advt.) Temporary Lecturers Grade I and II in English Literature (2 Posts) Maternity Cover. 1993 Observer (Nexis) 16 May 35 Clinicare's Carte Blanche..is an all-embracing policy for private maternity cover. 1999 Pulse 2 Oct. 47 Recruiting someone for maternity cover is another option. 2016 City A.M. (London) (Nexis) 15 June 26 It doesn't matter if the maternity cover has settled into the job and is performing better than the person they replaced, the person on maternity leave has an unavoidable right to return to their pre-existing job. < as lemmas |
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