Duterte Gov’t Approves 120 Days Maternity Leave With Pay For Female Workers, 150 Days For Solo Parents
The Senate on Monday, March 06, approved on third and final
reading a bill which seeks to expand the maternity leave to 120 days with 22
affirmative votes and zero negative votes.
Under Senate Bill No. 1305, or the “Expanded Maternity Leave
Law of 2017”, all female workers regardless of civil status or legitimacy of
her child shall be granted 120 days maternity leave with pay and an option to
extend for another 30 days without pay.
Meanwhile, solo parents shall be granted a total of 150 days
maternity leave with pay.
The measure also grants fathers 30 days leave, who under
Republic Act 7322, are granted only seven days of paid leave.
Thirty days of the proposed 120 day maternity leave are
transferrable to alternate caregivers such as the spouse, common-law partner,
and relative up to the fourth degree of consanguinity, including adoptive
parents.
Violators of the proposed law would be penalized with a fine
not less than PHP5,000 nor not more than PHP20,000 and imprisonment for not
less than six years and one day nor not more than 12 years or both.
The bill was authored and sponsored by Senator Risa
Hontiveros, Chair of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations
and Gender Equality, and Senator Juan Edgardo Angara.
It was also co-authored by Senators Francis Pangilinan,
Loren Legarda, Nancy Binay, Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Trillanes IV, with
Legarda and Binay as the bill’s co-sponsors.
Hontiveros said the measure would bring the country closer
to compliance with the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) standards on
maternity protection, a field where Philippine law is alarmingly inadequate.
The Philippine maternity leave law only provides 60 days
paid leave which is five weeks short of the minimum prescribed under the
International Labor Organization’s Convention 183 which mandates a minimum of
98 days maternity leave.
Source: Manila Bulletin
Duterte Gov’t Approves 120 Days Maternity Leave With Pay For Female Workers, 150 Days For Solo Parents
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Sana kasama yung on going na nakamaternity leave.
ReplyDeleteApplicable po ito sa lahat? Ksi kmi under kmi sa DOH program... NDP no work no pay dw kmi....
ReplyDeleteWho shall shall burden the reimbursement? Is it the SSS or the employer?
ReplyDeletekeln po siya effective ?
ReplyDeleteMisleading ang title niyo dahil hindi pa rin to ina-approve ni Duterte. I-edit niyo yan, wag niyong lokohin ang mga tao.
ReplyDeletePuro nalang kasinungalingan.
ReplyDeleteask ko lang po kung sakop po ba sa bill na to ang mga on leave na po.. gaya ko po. nkaleave po ako nang naapprove ang Senate Bill 1305.. pwede po ba namin itong maavail?..
ReplyDeletetrue??
ReplyDeleteHi! I want to know about the update on the 120 days maternity leave? When is its effectivity date?
ReplyDeleteI just gave birth last April 17, 2017 through Cesarian Section.
I am a public school teacher and the span of my maternity leave is still 60 days.
This time, I am a single/solo parent and I worried a lot because I will be leaving my baby alone with the nanny starting June 5 as I resume to work.
My work station (school) is far from home. I need to travel 1 and half hour everyday going to my workplace with limited vehicles.
Right now, I'm still on the healing process, yet I need to prepare for the fast approaching opening of classes instead of focusing on my newborn baby and my healing.
It's already May 2017, please anyone of you here respond to my sentiment quickly. I am not the only one.
Thank you.
yung company po ba ang magbabayad or SSS?
ReplyDeleteIs this true and reliable?
ReplyDeletekung approve na po eto effective po ba ito sa lahat ng company or meron talagang ibang company
ReplyDeletena hindi pa pinapatupad itong lawna ito
Pls post your references and links to this article.
ReplyDelete- Manila Bulletin
- Republic Act (gov.ph website)
when is the effetive of maternity leave ?
ReplyDeleteAs employer point of view, i would rather outsource most of the office works so that I will not experience the hard time when my key personnel take a leave for 120days. The difficulty of hiring a temporary replacement will also add to the burden to my company. I am not against to it, but I hope the government will also find ways to help the employer. I believed employees stay in the company because they play important rule to the organization.
ReplyDeleteIt was approved March 6, I gave birth last March 9, 2017..does my leave will be extended? What is the effectivity date of the 120 days maternity leave by the wway.
ReplyDeletelumang news! pending pa yan sa house of representative.march 8,2017 pa sent sa kanila hanggang ngayong wla update.
ReplyDeleteBut how about the private company? like us working in private.
ReplyDelete