{"id":7400,"date":"2017-02-11T10:11:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T10:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/going-back-to-work-after-maternity-leave-know-how-to-negotiate-your-re-entry-7400\/"},"modified":"2017-02-11T10:11:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T10:11:10","slug":"going-back-to-work-after-maternity-leave-know-how-to-negotiate-your-re-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/going-back-to-work-after-maternity-leave-know-how-to-negotiate-your-re-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Going back to work after maternity leave? Know how to negotiate your re-entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Be it your first child or second, returning to work after maternity leave can be stressful for new mothers. They must try and establish a new balance at home and at the workplace, even as they struggle to cope with the demands new motherhood places on them. <\/span><\/p>\n

Statistically, it’s a transition that has a low success rate. Between 2003 and 2010, maternity and childcare issues forced over 48 per cent of employed women under 30 years of age to drop out of the workforce<\/a>. <\/span>

While there’s a great deal of talk about availing maternity leave and benefits<\/a>, the difficulties women encounter re-entering the workplace isn’t discussed as much. But negotiating your re-entry is as important as your maternity leave exit. Especially since many new mothers return to work only to find their positions\/role were eliminated while they were on leave, or that their salaries were impacted. <\/span><\/p>\n

Keep these pointers in mind: <\/span><\/p>\n

Ask the right questions, and get answers in writing<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
According to Lisa Gates, founder, trainer and coach of She Negotiates, a business that helps women learn essential negotiation skills, there are a number of questions returning mothers need to ask and put on the negotiating table. <\/span><\/p>\n