Working mothers receiving a baby through surrogacy are not entitled to paid maternity leave under European law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
The judgments in two cases appear to go against developing societal values in many member states, but lawyers agreed that it was a correct, if strict, interpretation of the law. They also noted tha...
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