Sara approves of longer maternity leave, insists that business be heard, too 4 SHARES Share it! However, Duterte said “multi-billion peso industries and businesses” should pay the full salary for the whole 100 days of maternity leave. “The expanded maternity leave bill has gone through exhaustive deliberations with all agencies and stakeholders involved, including SSS,” said De Jesus. The House version consolidated 15 different versions proposing to increase maternity leave of absence from 60 to 100 days. “Recent studies show that extending paid maternity leave for new mothers reduces infant mortality.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 19, 2019 09:10 UTC