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  "id": 5135927,
  "title": "These women were laid off while on maternity leave. Yes, it's legal, and probably more common than you thought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/these-women-were-laid-off-while-on-maternity-leave-yes-its-legal-and",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T15:44:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
    "slug": "cnbc",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/getting-laid-off-on-maternity-leave.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It's never a good time to be laid off. Losing your job with a newborn can be especially hard.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}