Report Abuse. You can use a flag in any programming language. It's just a variable to hold the state of a condition. Most are boolean (basically, on or off, 0 or 1) but can be any value. A simple flag could be, if a certain condition is true then flag = 1. Then later in the program the value of flag can be tested.eport Abuse. You can use a flag in any programming language. It's just a variable to hold the state of a condition. Most are boolean (basically, on or off, 0 or 1) but can be any value. A simple flag could be, if a certain condition is true then flag = 1. Then later in the program the value of flag can be tested.
The way I interpreted it, was that you can leave when you are about 25 weeks pregnant. I think you get something like 15 or 17 weeks pregnancy leave, and then 35 weeks maternity leave. If you save them up, though, you get almost a full year with baby.
In 2006â2008, 65.9 percent of women reported being employed during their last pregnancy, of which 70.6 percent reported taking maternity leave. Thus, nearly one-third of employed women did not report taking any maternity leave (29.4 percent).When taken, the average length of maternity leave was 10.3 weeks.The proportion of women who took maternity leave for their last child varied by race and ethnicity.n 2006â2008, 65.9 percent of women reported being employed during their last pregnancy, of which 70.6 percent reported taking maternity leave. Thus, nearly one-third of employed women did not report taking any maternity leave (29.4 percent).