Should working mothers receive 14 weeks of paid maternity leave?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote extended Switzerland's existing income-loss compensation system to employed mothers, granting them 80% of their previous earnings for 14 weeks after childbirth. The same reform also increased compensation for people performing military, civilian or civil-protection service. Supporters said it provided a practical system of paid maternity leave without creating a separate new social insurance scheme. Opponents objected to the additional compulsory costs and argued that the benefit covered employed mothers but not mothers who were outside paid work. Swiss voters approved the reform.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/513.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=513
Vote date: 2004-09-26
Original Swissvotes English title: Erwerbsersatz für Dienstleistende und bei Mutterschaft
Original German title: Erwerbsersatz für Dienstleistende und bei Mutterschaft
Swissvotes keyword/additional content: Mutterschaftsversicherung
Swissvotes short-description title: Im vierten Anlauf: Mehrheitsfähiger Kompromiss beim Mutterschaftsurlaub vom Volk angenommen
Original French title: Allocations pour perte de gain en cas de service ou de maternité
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/30850
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20040926.prop_oui_513_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20040926.prop_oui_513_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=513