Maternity Leave Act of 1989

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Maternity Leave Act of 1989 - Title I: General Requirements for Maternity Leave - Entitles eligible employees to ten workweeks of unpaid leave during any 24-month period because of adoption placement of a child with them. Entitles an eligible female employee to such workweeks of leave during such period because of the birth of a child to her. Requires that: (1) all accrued sick, vacation, or other paid leave be exhausted before such unpaid leave is provided; (2) the ten-week period of unpaid leave be reduced by the amount of paid leave substituted; (3) unpaid leave be taken in consecutive workweeks; and (4) notification be given of employee intent to use such leave and to return to work from it. Entitles employees who take such leave to be restored, upon return, to their former positions, under specified conditions, and with exceptions for certain highly compensated employees. Requires employers to continue health plan coverage for employees during such leave. Reduces by the length of leave certain continuation coverage for employees who fail to return to work after taking it. Provides: (1) that this Act does not diminish more protective existing maternity leave rights under a coll…