In short: The aftermath has been dramatic — and unpredictable. On a micro level, British residents still aren’t sure what exactly a #Brexit would bring, if it happens at all.

One relatively unexplored prediction by British activist Caroline Criado-Perez: The divorce might disrupt paid maternity leave.

In Britain, a mother can take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave, with 39 paid. They can receive 90 percent of their average pre-tax weekly earnings for the first six weeks and up to 139.58 pounds, or about $186, for each additional week. (Fathers may take up to two weeks off at 90 percent of their income, or they could split their partner’s maternity leave.) Companies, of course, have the option to offer workers higher payments.

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British parents didn’t always receive the assistance, Criado-Perez pointed out in an essay for the Telegraph. Britain offered paid leave for new mothers 17 years before the E.U. added extra layers of support in 1993. But the British policy left out loads of moms.

“Under UK law, you were only eligible for maternity leave if you were full-time, directly employed (sorry, agency workers) and had been in your post for at least two years,” Criado-Perez wrote. “Inevitably, thousands of women did not qualify.”

The E.U. changed this when it formed, asserting all working women had the right to paid maternity leave. Since 2012, both women and men have been entitled to at least four months to raise a new child, biological or adopted.

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The benefit vastly exceeds what the United States provides to new parents. The Family Medical and Leave Act guarantees workers at least 12 weeks of job-protected time off, but none of that is paid. In the majority of states, they must either save up to start a family or rely on employer-provided coverage.

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Earlier this month, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn urged voters to protect their connection to the E.U., using family leave as an example of the union's benefits.

"We’re saying that because we want to defend the very many gains made by trade unions across Europe that have brought us better working conditions, longer holidays, less discrimination and maternity and paternity leave," Corbyn said. "We believe that a leave vote will put many of those things seriously, immediately at risk."

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Not that there has been a particularly fierce uprising in response to Britain's family-leave benefits, which significantly expanded under Prime Minister David Cameron's leadership. Some business leaders, however, have pushed back against what they perceive as a burden. Last year, after the Labour Party proposed doubling paternity leave, the British Chambers of Commerce called it a “tax on business.”

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"Although well-meaning, proposals such as this create very real costs for businesses, which can in turn lead to reduced productivity, reduced growth and fewer jobs,” Chambers of Commerce Director General John Longworth said at the time. "Businesses have already had to absorb over half a dozen changes to parental leave in the last decade - with one, shared parental leave, not even fully in place yet. This constant instability raises costs for business and generates uncertainty when it comes to taking on new staff."

After the Brexit vote last Friday, Cameron announced his intention to resign. Throughout his six-year post, he expanded the country's family leave policies and child-care subsidies. It's unclear whether a more conservative new leader would try to walk back the country's benefits. In the event of a Brexit, however, Britian would no longer have to follow the E.U.'s family leave rules.