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Earlier this month, Harvard Business Review published an article reporting that women who decide to take a longer maternity off can expect to pay a price when they return to work. The silver linings playbook: Research shows that new moms who keep in touch with their workplace while on maternity leave are more hireable and less likely to experience unconscious bias.