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SSS eyes contribution hike for extended maternity leave

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 04:10 PM

The Social Security System (SSS) needs to raise members' contribution rate to support additional benefits under a proposal to increase the number of paid maternity leaves, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

Panukalang nagpapalawig sa maternity leave, OK sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 09:11 PM

Lumusot na sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa sa Kamara ang panukalang nagpapalawig sa maternity leave o bilang ng mga araw na maaaring lumiban ang isang kakapanganak sa trabaho nang may suweldo.  Read more »

House approves extended maternity leave bill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 06:00 PM

Voting 191-0-0, lawmakers passed House Bill 4113 which seeks to increase the number of days of maternity leave to 100. Read more »

12 weeks paid parental leave: Microsoft's requirement for US suppliers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 08:13 AM

The new policy applies to suppliers with 50 or more employees who do substantial work for the US technology giant, according to Microsoft general counsel Dev Stahlkopf. Read more »

House OKs paid 10-day incentive leave

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 06:45 PM

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to require an annual 10-day incentive leave with pay for workers.   Read more »

House passes on 2nd reading extended maternity leave bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 05:10 PM

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on second reading the proposal to increase the number of paid maternity leaves. Read more »

20-day paternity leave, same-sex partner benefits offered at Unilever

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 04:22 PM

Unilever said Tuesday it would offer a 20-day paid leave for fathers, healthcare benefits for same-sex partners and paid absences for adoptive parents in response to a diverse workforce. Read more »

New Zealand offers paid leave to domestic violence survivors

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 27 08:36 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - New Zealand has become one of the only countries offering paid leave to domestic violence survivors, after approving a law aimed at protecting victims. Read more »

U.S. Open will factor maternity leave into seedings

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 08:54 AM

Serena Williams was unseeded at the French Open last month due to an extended absence for the birth of her first child but she is not likely to face the same problem at the U.S. Open. Read more »

Paternity leave para sa tatay na hindi kasal, pinapayagan ba ng batas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 06:15 PM

Kapag malapit nang manganak ang kinakasama ng isang lalaki, posible ba siyang maghain ng paternity leave? Read more »

Lifelong 'lab affair': UP professors postpone retirement for science

Rhys Buccat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 30 06:45 PM

Chemistry professor Dr. Veronica C. Sabularse was all set to harvest the fruits of her lifelong service in the academe, but she chose to delay her retirement as her work in the lab ripens.  Read more »

New Zealand PM set to give birth, reveals maternity leave arrangements

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 05:05 PM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand's pregnant Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday revealed her government's plans for running the country after she gives birth and takes six weeks maternity leave. Read more »

Sereno, balik-trabaho sa Korte Suprema

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 09 09:03 PM

Ang pagbabalik ni Sereno ay nangyari dalawang araw bago ang nakatakdang special en banc session ng mga mahistrado, kung saan inaasahang pagbobotohan ang quo warranto case laban sa kaniya.  Read more »

Batas sa mas mahabang maternity leave itinutulak sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 01:45 PM

Umaapela ang ilang mambabatas na isama sa prayoridad ang panukalang magpapahaba sa maternity leave sa mga bagong panganak.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga benepisyo ng mga buntis na empleyada

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 06:01 PM

Ayon kay Atty. Claire Castro, maaaring maghain ng maternity leave o pahinga mula sa trabaho ang isang buntis na emplayada bago manganak. Nagtatagal ang maternity leave ng 60 araw o 2 buwan. Read more »

Sereno, hindi pinagkakaisahan sa Korte Suprema: Carpio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 03:28 AM

Iginiit ni Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio na hindi pinagkakaisahan si Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno para mag-indefinite leave. Read more »

Sereno leave hailed, mocked at Supreme Court flag ceremony

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 11:40 AM

The indefinite leave of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno drew both cheers and jeers during a flag ceremony at the High Court on Monday. Read more »

Trillanes to SC justices: Ousting Sereno is 'brazen usurpation' of Congress power

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 12:14 PM

Removing Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno from power through any other means other than impeachment would be unconstitutional and a "brazen usurpation" of lawmakers' exclusive power, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV warned Supreme Court justices on Sunday. Read more »

Ano'ng hanap ng Pinoy sa trabaho, bukod sa magandang suweldo?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 06:36 PM

Hindi na lang mataas na suweldo ang tinitingnan ngayon ng mga Pinoy na naghahanap ng trabaho, base sa survey ng isang online jobs portal. Read more »

Pagliban ni Sereno, 'consensus' ng SC; Chief Justice, nag-sorry sa 'kalituhan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 08:49 PM

Para sa mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema, nagresulta ang mga pahayag ng kampo ni Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno sa "pagkasira" ng integridad ng SC at ng buong hudikatura. Read more »