Private sector paternity leave to be tabled either in December or March

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Private sector paternity leave to be tabled either in December or March thesundaily dewanrakyat paternityleave labour Kulasegaran WAO Malaysia

A petition from the Women’s Aid Organisation outside the parliament building today.: Paternity leave for the private sector will be enforced by this December or next March, Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said today.

Kulasegaran said the initial proposal to the Cabinet is three days of paternity leave, but he will forward the proposal to raise it to seven days. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh, who was present, said she supports the proposal for compulsory paternity leave for fathers.

 

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