Northern Territory mothers more likely to take paid maternity leave

According to a recent study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), half of the working women in the Territory take paid maternity leave when having a baby in comparison with the women all over the country. The survey further revealed that approximately a quarter of Northern Territory women don’t return to their original jobs. Moreover, those who return came back after a gap of 33 weeks, which is longest in the country next only to Tasmania. And three-quarters of partners too took leave from work after the birth of a child.