President Rodrigo Duterte has just signed a law that extends paid maternity leave to 105 days.
With this new law, working mothers, regardless of civil status, can avail of up an extra 30 days of leave but without pay. Meanwhile, single mothers can have an additional 15-day paid leave.
Seven of the 105-day leave benefit may be transferable to fathers. This may be claimed on top of the seven-day paternity leave provided under the 1996 Paternity Leave Act.
In the previous law, mothers can only avail of 60 days paid maternity leave for normal delivery and 78 days for Caesarean section.
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