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Long Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE MATERNITY LEAVE PERIOD TO ONE HUNDRED (100) DAYS FOR FEMALE EMPLOYEES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND GRANTING AN OPTION TO EXTEND FOR AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY (30) DAYS WITHOUT PAY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
EXPANDED MATERNITY LEAVE LAW OF 2015
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Date filed
June 10, 2015
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31
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Committee Report No.
283
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Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 10/6/2015 Sponsorship Speech Cayetano, Pia S. 12/1/2015 Period of Interpellation Closed 12/15/2015 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 12/15/2015 Period of Individual Amendments 12/15/2015 Period of Interpellation Closed 12/15/2015 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT INCREASING THE MATERNITY LEAVE PERIOD TO ONE HUNDRED (100) DAYS FOR FEMALE EMPLOYEES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND GRANTING AN OPTION TO EXTEND FOR AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY (30) DAYS WITHOUT PAY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2015 ] 10/6/2015 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY, FINANCE, GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES and CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION with Senator(s) RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, PIA S. CAYETANO and LOREN B. LEGARDA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 283, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 288, 2083, 2084, 2661 and 2710; 10/6/2015 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 10/6/2015 Sponsor: Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 10/6/2015 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 10/6/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 12/1/2015 Period of interpellation closed; 12/10/2015 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated December 2, 2015, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-2982, received by the LBIS; 12/15/2015 Period of interpellation closed; 12/15/2015 Period of committee amendments closed; 12/15/2015 Period of individual amendments; 12/15/2015 Period of individual amendments closed; 12/15/2015 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; [ 2016 ] 1/7/2016 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators; 1/18/2016 Approved on Third Reading; 1/18/2016 In favor: (20) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 1/18/2016 Against: N o n e ; 1/18/2016 Abstention: N o n e ; 1/20/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-2982 (Ctte. Rpt. No. 283), with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on August 2, 2016) (Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)