IPOH: The Human Resources Ministry will take action against private sector employers who deny their employees the right to take 90-day maternity leave – a new benefit which was announced in the 2020 Budget, on Friday. Its minister, M. Kulasegaran, said that private sector employers must comply with the government’s move to raise the maternity leave period to 90 days. “If the public sector can do it, why can’t the private sector do it? The minister was commenting on concerns raised by Malaysian designer Christy Ng, who feared that expectant mothers may face negative job repercussions with the increase in the maternity leave period. She stressed that the main purpose of an extended maternity leave is to create bonding between mother and baby.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2019 09:00 UTC