Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT GRANTING MATERNITY LEAVE BENEFITS TO UNMARRIED PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Date filed
December 11, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 4072, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT GRANTING MATERNITY LEAVE BENEFITS TO UNMARRIED PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE | |
| ABSTRACT : This bill seeks ti address the discrimination against unmarried pregnant women in the government sector. Rationale: Concerned women's organizations including the U.P. Portia Sorority, Department of Women and Development Studies of the U.P. College of Social Work and Community Development, COURAGE and GABRIELA maintain that as a matter of right, unmarried pregnant women in government service should also enjoy maternity leave benefits as unmarried pregnant women in the private sector do. They also stress that the protection of the health of the working women and her unborn must be given due importance. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : MAZA, LIZA | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-12-11 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Beltran | 2. Ocampo |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Biazon (063 ) | 2. Cuenco (065 ) |
| 3. Chipeco (066 ) | 4. Echiverri (083 ) |
| 5. Syjuco (055 ) | 6. Deduro (041 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ON 2001-12-18 |
Abstract
"This bill seeks ti address the discrimination against unmarried pregnant women in the government sector. Rationale: Concerned women's organizations including the U.P. Portia Sorority, Department of Women and Development Studies of the U.P. College of Social Work and Community Development, COURAGE and GABRIELA maintain that as a matter of right, unmarried pregnant women in government service should also enjoy maternity leave benefits as unmarried pregnant women in the private sector do. They also stress that the protection of the health of the working women and her unborn must be given due importance."
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