Bill Muehlenberg asks whether paid maternity leave is merely a cynical means to help businesses get their female employees back to paid work as soon as possible.There are two main questions to ask about any paid maternity leave scheme. First, who pays for it? And, second, how long should it extend for?Perhaps most of the interest settles on the first question. All this will cost big bucks. How is it all going to be funded? There are two main options as to funding: the government (that is, the ta…
