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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (Bernama)- The National Union of Bank Employees (Nube) will launch a campaign on March 8 to collect one million signatures in support of its proposal to provide longer maternity leave for women employees in the country.
Its general secretary, J. Solomon, said today the campaign, in conjunction with the International Women's day celebration, was aimed at getting the government to amend the Employment Act 1955 to increase the maternity leave from 60 days to 90 days in line with the practice in other Asean countries.
He said Nube would also invite trade unionists, representatives from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and womens' organisations, medical professionals, academicians, relevant government agencies and the media for various programmes during the campaign period.
He said Nube believed that an increased entitlement would be the greatest gift to Malaysia's 5.1 million women employees from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who had been sympathetic to the weaker and underprivileged groups in promoting his 1Malaysia concept.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 February 2010 )
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