Instead, most American women receive no pay during their maternity leave and rely on federal law (called the Family and Medical Leave Act or FMLA) to protect their job for up to 12 weeks after a birth or adoption.
A master bathroom expansion, including a dual bath, can range from $10,000 to $30,000 if repurposing an existing space, experts say.
1. Edit Answer (for another 5 minutes). Nationwide average code to modify a house to add a bathroom (without pushing out walls or adding foundation) is about $37,000. Some are done on the cheap for about $15,000 for a half-bath, and fancy ones of course for 5/4 bath or fancier can run $50-80,000. Obviously, if you can back it up to another bath for easy in-wall pipe access that will help keep your costs down.