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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

'Anti-women': Grupo nagbabala sa 120-day maternity leave

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 04:28 PM

Ayon sa grupo ng mga negosyante, lalo pang magpapahirap sa mga ina ang panukalang pagpapalawig sa maternity leave dahil posibleng ipagpaliban na lang ang pagkuha sa mga kababaihan.  Read more »

Women push for 120 days of maternity leave

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 07:16 PM

Members of Akbayan Women hold a press conference at the Quezon City Memorial Circle, Thursday. The group asked the Duterte government to make the country's "Maternity Leave Policy"at par with the standards set by the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN). Read more »

PH urged to make maternity leave longer, at par with ASEAN neighbors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 05:49 PM

Several women's groups are calling upon the Philippine government to make the country's maternity leave law at par with its Southeast Asian neighbors ahead of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. Read more »

Serena's absence leaves vacuum in women's game

Martyn Herman, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 12:13 PM

LONDON - Brad Gilbert reckons 40 women have a shot at the Wimbledon title which, depending on which side of the fence you stand, means either the WTA Tour is blessed with extraordinary depth or chronically short of capable understudies for Serena Williams. Read more »

Maternity leave, posibleng habaan hanggang 120 araw

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 12:07 PM

Lusot na sa Senado ang panukalang pagpapahaba ng maternity leave hanggang 120 days. Read more »

Mas pinalawig na maternity leave, aprub sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 04:59 PM

Ikinatuwa ng mga babaeng empleyado, lalo na iyung mga buntis, ang pagpasa sa Senado ng panukalang pagpapalawig ng maternity leave.  Read more »

Hontiveros hopes maternity bill quickly hurdles House

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 04:47 PM

Senator Risa Hontiveros has appealed to the lower house to immediately calendar the deliberation of a bill that seeks to extend maternity leave from the current 60 days to 120 days. Read more »

Senate OKs 120-day maternity leave bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 06:39 PM

Senators on Monday approved on third and final reading the proposal to increase the number of paid maternity leaves. Read more »

100-day maternity leave bill now in House plenary

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 08:38 PM

The bill proposing 100 days of maternity leave was finally sponsored at the plenary of the House of Representatives Tuesday. Read more »

100-day maternity leave posibleng sa 2017 pa maipasa sa Kongreso

TV Patrol
Posted at Nov 12 08:23 PM

Sa mga buntis o sa mga empleyadong ina na nagpa-plano ng kanilang pamilya, posibleng sa susunod na taon pa maipasa ang panukalang 100-day paid maternity leave sa Kongreso.  Read more »