Tag: Expanded Maternity Leave bill

JUST IN: Duterte signs Expanded Maternity Leave bill into law

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the expanded maternity leave bill. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said the bill was signed into law by Duterte on Wednesday, Feb. 20, before the 30-day deadline within which proposed measures should have been acted on before they lapse into laws. Under the version approved by Congress, the number of paid maternity leaves was increased to 105 from the current 60 paid leaves for normal delivery, and 78 […]