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By Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
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Sunday, January 8, 2017
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MANILA – Sen. Loren Legarda is seeking to extend maternity leave to 100 days.
The current law grants public and private sector workers in the country only 60 to 78 days of maternity leave.
The current maternity leave is not committed to the international labour standards, Legarda lamented.
“The proposed measure is imperative to ensuring the health and overall well-being of women and their children by providing them ample time to recuperate after delivery, to increase the duration of breastfeeding and to allow women to spend adequate time to assume their roles as mothers and equal partners of men in nation-building,” the senator said.
In filing her Senate Bill No. 1262, Legarda cited Article XIII (Social Justice and Human Rights), Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution, which states that: “The State shall protect working women by providing safe and healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions, and such facilities and opportunities that will enhance their welfare and enable them to realize their full potential in the service of the nation.”
Under the proposal, female employees may also avail of the additional 30 days maternity without leave.
The employer, however, must be notified at least 45 days before the end of the maternity leave period, the bill also said.
“It is important to ensure a smooth transition for a mother who is an employee in the workplace to adopt a maternal role,” Legarda ended./PN
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