Paternity leave among issues in proposed amendments to employment act

BernamaPublished: Jul 29, 2020 6:32 AM

Paternity leave, extended maternity leave and improvement of protection to address sexual harassment in the workplace are among issues to be given focus in the proposed amendments to the Employment Act 1955.

Deputy Human Resources Minister Awang Hashim said that the proposal to amend the Employment Act 1955 was to improve the minimum standard of employment, in line with the international labour standards...

Expand Socso's role to cover maternity leave

Discrimination against job seekers not in proposed Employment Act changes

Contraceptive culture is not a solution to women workforce

The merits for extending maternity leave to 90 days

Comments0

By posting a comment, you agree to our Commenting Terms and Conditions as stipulated in full here.

Do's and don'ts when posting comments in Malaysiakini

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Foul language, profanity, vulgarity, slanderous, personal attack, threatening, sexually-orientated comments or the use of any method of communication that may violate any law or create needless unpleasantness will not be tolerated. Antisocial behaviour such as "spamming" and "trolling" will be suspended. Violators run the risk of also being blocked permanently.

REPORT VIOLATORS

Please use the report feature that is available below each comment to flag offending comments for our moderators to take action. Do not take matters in your own hands to avoid unpleasant and unnecessary exchanges that may result in your own suspension or ban.

NOTICE

Our commenting system is still under development. We have taken note of feedback provided.

Subscriber-only space: