Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The Senate on Monday (January 18) approved on third reading a bill granting female employees in both the private and public sectors 100 days of maternity leave.
STATE-RUN Social Security System (SSS) disbursed more than P3 billion worth of maternity benefits to over 157,000 qualified female members from January to June 2018. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel F. Dooc said maternity benefit...
The state-run Social Security System (SSS) disbursed more than P3 billion worth of maternity benefits to over 157,000 qualified female members from January to June 2018. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel F. Dooc said maternity benefit...
Prices of basic commodities and utilities aren’t the only ones increasing, as the Social Security System (SSS) revealed over the weekend that it is asking Congress to allow the agency to impose an additional P30 to P48 in contribution of members of the...
A bicameral conference committee composed of lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives approved the bill seeking to grant extended maternity leave to both government and private sector employees on Monday, October 1. The reconciled...
Retiree pensioners in the province may now avail of the new financial assistance program of the Social Security System (SSS). Phillip M. Lucero, SSS Antique branch manager, said in a press conference Tuesday that they are encouraging retirees to avail of...
President Rodrigo Duterte has expanded leave benefits for working new mothers, a move that could bring more women to the workforce in a nation with the least female participation in Southeast Asia. A new law has increased paid maternity leave to 105 days...
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte signed the expanded maternity leave bill into law, Malacañang said Thursday. The law extends paid maternity leave to 105 days from the current 60, with an option to extend for 30 days without pay. Under the...
After more than six years of intense campaigning and lobbying by IndustriALL affiliated unions, women workers’ in the Philippines will now benefit from increased paid maternity leave, as a new law comes into force. Women workers and unions celebrate as...
MANILA – The Expanded Maternity Leave law, which was signed into law last Feb. 20, is expected to cost the Social Security System (SSS) an additional P7.5 billion in benefits. In a briefing, SSS president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emmanuel Dooc...