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Family, Medical Leave Here Act to Stay.

By Alex Clifton, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 13--When Kathy Lively had her first child 13 years ago, she had no legal right to keep her job when she returned from maternity leave.

She was lucky, she says today, because she worked in retail at the time and the company needed her back. But for millions of other women, the decision to have a child often meant short maternity leaves or looking for a new job.

That changed in 1993, when the Family and Medical Leave Act was signed into law. The new statute gave

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