KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed in principle to introduce a post-maternity allowance under the Employment Insurance System (EIS) Act 2017, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.
Anwar said data showed that more women aged between 25 and 29 years were leaving the workforce, with maternity commitments being one of the factors.
“As a progressive step forward, the government has agreed in principle to introduce a one-off allowance,” he said at the national Labour Day celebrations in Bukit Jalil here this morning.
The proposed allowance would be 80% of the employee’s current salary.
“Some 132,000 women are expected to benefit from this scheme,” he said.
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