Laws & Jurisprudence
MATERNITY LEAVE
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A female employee is entitled to a daily
maternity benefit equivalent to 100% of her present basic salary, allowances
and other benefits or the cash equivalent of such benefits for 60 days or 78
days in case of caesarian delivery.
The following are the MADE SIMPLE requirements and conditions in order that maternity benefits may be claimed:
REQUIREMENTS
1.
There is
childbirth, abortion or miscarriage and
2.
She has paid
at least 3 monthly contributions
CONDITIONS
1.
The employee
shall have notified her employer of her pregnancy and the probable date of her
childbirth which notice shall be transmitted to the SSS
2.
The payment
shall be advanced by the employer in 2 equal installments within 30 days from
the filing of the maternity leave application
3.
In case of
caesarian delivery, the employee shall be paid the daily maternity benefit for
78 days
4.
Payment of
daily maternity benefits shall be a bar to the recovery of sickness benefits
for the same compensable period of 60 days for the same childbirth, abortion,
or miscarriage
5.
The
maternity benefits be paid only for the first four deliveries
6.
The SSS
shall immediately reimburse the employer of 100% of the amount of maternity
benefits advanced to the employee by the employer upon receipt of satisfactory
proof of such payment and legality thereof; and
7.
If an employee
should give birth or suffer abortion or miscarriage without the required
contributions having been remitted for her by her employer to the SSS, or
without the latter having been previously notified by the employer of the time of the pregnancy, the employer
shall pay to the SSS damages.
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