Maternity leave same for private, state sector employees: Minister

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The government will introduce laws to ensure that the maternity leave for employees in the private and public sector is the same, Labour and Trade Union Relations Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne said.

He said this at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) weekly media briefing held today.

The minister said private sector employees faced more inconvenience because of the limited number of maternity leave they were entitled to.

"Some private sector institutions provide more maternity leave while others less. Under the Shop and Office Act, private sector employees have 12 weeks or 84 days of maternity leave while state sector employees are entitled to more leave. As such the government hopes to introduce a law to provide an equal number of maternity leave to the employees of the private and state sectors,” he said. (Chaturanga Pradeep)

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seqi Thursday, 06 April 2017 09:55 PM

thats a start via DM Android App

ANTON Friday, 07 April 2017 07:21 AM

YEAH ....... AS FAR AS PREGNANCY AND LABOR PAIN ARE CONSIDERED ,THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STATE AND PRIVATE SECTOR WOMEN

ANTON Friday, 07 April 2017 07:23 AM

FORTUNATELY GOD HAS NOT GIVEN LABOR PAINS TO THE MEN CONCERNED, OTHER WISE.................

ACR Friday, 07 April 2017 08:04 AM

Sure, Let the state pay for those maternity days in the private sector. Parasites sorry slip of the tongue, Politicians talk rubbish like this, as if they will pay from their pockets

yahiya Friday, 07 April 2017 08:41 AM

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