Why we should ban maternity leave

In January 2008 Azure Director Angela Daykin left full-time employment to have a baby. Amelie (pictured right) was born and there followed much merriment in the Azure office and Daykin household. Isn't that wonderful?

Well, er, no, actually.

You see, all this taking time off to go to Baby-Signing, Tumble Tots and Time For Rhyme is all very well for mother and baby, but nobody stops to think about the poor work colleagues left behind and the staggering effect maternity leave has on small businesses in these turbulent times of Economic woe.

Take Azure Design and our Health and Safety systems, for example (stick with us on this). As Azure's nominated Health and Safety representative, Angela used to run the office with an iron fist, albeit an iron fist fully insulated in case of lightning strikes and padded to prevent collision injury.

When Ange disappeared for a life of yoghurt-smearing maternity leave madness and top Azure designer Lawrence Canning volunteered (yes, VOLUNTEERED) to take over her Health and Safety duties, you might be forgiven for thinking a rabbit was away.

Imagine our delight then when, over a year after Angela's full time departure, Peter finally checked Lawrence's all new Health and Safety documentation and found this (more examples are included, right):

Health and safety log (to Feb 09)

Ban maternity leave, ban babies, no more women in the work place: that's what we say at Azure Design.

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