A generous parental leave policy means nothing if employees don't feel safe taking it. Here's how operationalizing leave coverage builds loyalty and protects business continuity.

Mother Cover founder Beth Wanner is featured in a Fast Company feature on parental leave, pregnancy discrimination, and why good policies aren't enough without a real plan behind them.

Beth Wanner joined Dear Human Resources to discuss why parental leave policies can fall short in practice, how bias shows up, and why companies need better coverage plans to support employees, teams, and business continuity.

Mother Cover founder Beth Wanner joined Working on Purpose with Dr. Elise Cortez to talk about the real cost of uncovered parental leave — for companies, teams, and the parents themselves. Here's what came up.

Most companies have a parental leave policy. Few have a plan that works. Mother Cover in TechnologyAdvice on why leave breaks down at implementation.

Managing someone through parental leave is one of the most overlooked leadership challenges at work. Dr. Amy Beacom shares the conversations, coverage strategies, and return practices that make the difference.

Most parental leave policies fail in practice, not on paper. Dr. Amy Beacom shares what HR leaders need to audit, how to build a business case, and what to change first.

When a key employee goes on leave, who covers the work? On an episode of the Parents at Work podcast, hear from Mother Cover and Latitude, two firms placing experienced interim professionals into roles during parental leaves — protecting business continuity and the careers of parents stepping away.

Fired at 8 months pregnant, Beth Wanner founded Mother Cover to solve the parental leave crisis. Learn how maternity leave backfill protects careers and business continuity.

Aflac’s 2025 study reveals that dividing a co-worker’s workload among the remaining team leads to burnout, health declines, resentment, and a cascading cycle of new leave. Here’s what companies should do instead.

Learn the 4 pillars of parental leave that shape employee experience and retention: policy clarity, financial planning, work coverage, and return to work.

From being fired at eight months pregnant to building Mother Cover, this is what happens when you refuse to stay silent and start changing the system instead.

If you're an HR leader, people ops professional, or executive who wants to know where your company actually stands on being parent-friendly, here's how to find out

This recap of our episode on the Around the Ladder podcast explores the cultural and operational failures that still surround parental leave and what a more humane, functional approach looks like.

In a powerful episode of Over Caffeinated and Out of Effs, we break down the actional strategies for working moms navigating parental leave, motherhood, and career.

Originally reported by Employee Benefit News, this story highlights how Mother Cover’s interim coverage supported a new parent while keeping critical work moving.

Curious what selfdom-spoken-about fear undercuts every investment your company makes in “family-friendly” culture?

The Future of Working Motherhood 2026 report puts powerful data behind this reality: attrition, burnout, and stalled careers are not the result of lost ambition or lack of commitment. They are the predictable outcome of systems that fail to plan for change.

Most companies don’t plan for parental leave until someone’s already packing up their laptop. And by then, it’s too late. Let’s start with the numbers.

Why do one-third of women leave their jobs within 18 months of returning from parental leave? We joined The Weekly Parent podcast to unpack the hidden reasons — and what companies can do to fix it.