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  • 5/21/13 1:00 pm EDT
    Disability benefits help new moms protect their paychecks while they focus on their families, Unum says

    For more than 40 percent of U.S. mothers, maternity leave is unpaid

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When Kayla Shaw had her baby boy earlier this year, she stepped away from work, but not her paycheck, to spend those first months with her newborn. Shaw is one of about 10 percent of working women who enjoy paid maternity leave thanks to short term disability coverage. “Having short term disability coverage while I was on maternity leave was very helpful for our family,” said Shaw, a 28-year-old registered paramedic from Fargo, N.D. “Itmore...

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