Extra Leave will increase 'productivity'

Extra maternity leave may be problematic, says PSD chief

PUTRAJAYA: The Government has to check on Selangor’s decision to allow for a maximum of 90 days of maternity leave for civil servants in the state.

Public Service Department director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam cautioned there might be legal implications in pension payments arising from the decision.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim also announced that husbands would enjoy a 14-day paternity leave, up from a week previously. Female staff whose husbands die will also get 30 days’ leave, compared to three days of emergency leave previously.

Cuepacs president Omar Osman, when contacted, welcomed Selangor’s move, saying it was in line with International Labour Organisation’s requirements.

“We hope the Federal Government will also follow suit and increase maternity leave nationwide to 84 days or 90 days,” he said.

Omar said the government’s decision to slash the number of leave days to 25 for those joining the civil service from Jan 1 regardless of their tenure had affected women.

“The previous entitlement of 60 days’ leave may be enough for some people but there are mothers who need extra days to attend to a sick child or emergency matters,” he said.

He said the Government had agreed to increase maternity leave for civil servants to 84 days when Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil was the Women, Family and Community Development Minister.

Too much politics will kill you....

Seldom in my life i feel so frustrated with the way I made decisions. Even the worst decision I ever made, I still could console myself by saying that is what life is all about. But the decision to disconnect from reading (and listening) all the news about the political turmoil in my beloved country really made me sick. Although, just a few days ( 3 days exactly!!) I felt losing something important. The event that wake me up from my 'sabbatical' was when I overheard about the fracas in Parliament. The most glamoring OKU with the zealous youth group from my clan. As a prominent and senior lawyer, Karpal 'the senile' Singh shouldn't utter the word celaka against Umno Youth and blame the wing for the “bullets and threatening letter” he had received in Penang. But on the other hand, the UMNO Youth actually should use a proper channel to express their anger and dissatisfaction with the king of Singh. As a protector for the Malays as claimed by this group, they much show the Malayness way of confrontation. Sometimes we have to be kurang ajar, but the impact of our action will be the history for the next generation. For Karpal, it's a time for you to retire from the partisan politics and try to involve in other area of politics which could contribute more on nation building. Ask Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye if he could provide some platforms ....
Yeah, Malaysian politics is very interesting. And I will not try to disengage with all these happening moments anymore.