House Bill 4113 or the proposed "100-Day Maternity Leave Law" was endorsed by the House of Representatives Committee on Women and Gender Equality. It proposes an unpaid 30-day extension for female workers both in the government and public sector. The current allowable maternity leave is 60 to 78 days.
The law also grants the same coverage to female workers regardless of civil status, miscarriage, or abortion after termination, female workers in the informal economy, those with pending administrative case and those who are non-members of the Social Security System (SSS).
The maternity leave shall no be used as grounds for demotion in employment or termination.
A female SSS member who has paid at least three monthly contributions in the 12-month period immediately preceding the semester of her childbirth or miscarriage shall be paid her daily maternity benefit which shall be computed based on the average monthly salary credit, for 100 days, regardless if the delivery was normal or caesarian and subject to conditions as provided in the bill.
Female workers in the private sector availing of the maternity period and benefits must receive not less than two-thirds of their regular monthly wages and that employers shall be responsible for the salary differential between the actual cash benefits received from the SSS and their average weekly or regular wages, for the entire duration of the ordinary maternity leave.
Those who are designated to conduct a review of the maternity leave benefits of women employees in the government and private sector were the Civil Service Commission and the SSS.
Source: ABS-CBN
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