Expanded Maternity Leave Law
Hi Mummys out there especially to those who are expecting their baby/babies for the month of April which is next month na!! I am sure excited na kayo like me and my sobrang kaba. :) I also know na like me, my mga questions kayo kung covered ba tayo nito kasi recently signed lang siya and most of us already submitted our MAT1. I have contacted our HR kase maaga din akong nag-leave to ask if I am covered with this new law. She said they are still waiting sa IRR. Since eager ako to know and its our rights naman natin yun kasi technically, di pa naman tayo nanganganak, nagresearch ako and as per news: “ Secretary Bello III - Usually given 90 days, pero we don’t intend to fully utilize the 90 days. Baka in 45 days, we will come up with it… We will expedite the IRR,” Ang mabilis na paggawa sa IRR ng Expanded Maternity Leave Law ay makatutulong upang makuha na agad ng mga buntis na empleyado ng mga pribadong kumpanya at mga ahensya ng gobyerno ang dagdag na benepisyong ito. “The law is always prospective but it can be retroactively applied if it is favorable to women,” sabi ni Secretary Bello. THIS PART REALLY GOT ME: “Lahat ng nanganak, ‘yung mga manganganak, they will be covered kahit wala pang IRR. Definitely in the IRR, it will be retroactively implemented,” dagdag niya. let's hope for the best! Di biro yung amount at malaking tulong to for us. based sa computation ko, for normal delivery before which is 60 days, we can only get PHP 32,000 which will be PHP 533.33 a day. Sa new law, we can get 105 Days PAID MATERNITY LEAVE and if you do the math, PHP 533.33 x 105 days = PHP 55,999 or a total of PHP 60,000 malaking tulong to at higit sa lahat more time with our babies!! Coordinate with your company HR as soon as possible and let's all hope na kasama na talaga tayo! God bless us all :)
MAMA of a chubby-cheeck baby boy