Monday, August 15, 2016

Despite Pro-Family Rhetoric, No Paid Leave For Makers Of Ivanka Trump’s Line

Ivanka Trump has vocally embraced pro-family corporate policies while stumping for her father on the campaign trail, but the company that designs her own clothing line offers no paid maternity leave.

A fashion designer for the G-III Apparel Group told the Washington Post in a piece published Monday that she received 12 weeks of unpaid leave when she became pregnant in 2015.

“It’s hard enough emotionally to come back to work right after having a baby,” the unnamed designer, who said she is a registered Republican and worked for G-III for four years, told the newspaper. “But to know you’re returning to a company that doesn’t value your choice to be a mother makes it harder.”...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/no-paid-maternity-leave-ivanka-trump-clothing-line


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