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Historic Expanded Maternity Leave breezes through bicam: The legislative bicameral committee tasked to reconcile the Senate and the House of Representatives' versions of the Expanded Maternity Bill Law successfully concluded its conference on Monday. The bicameral version of the law provides the following: 105 days of paid maternity leave credits to all working mothers, of which 7 days (daddy quota) are transferable to fathers, and an additional 15 days additional to solo mothers, for a total of 120 days. The law applies to all instance of pregnancies, removing the 4-pregnancy cap.

The reconciled version of the bill will now be submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives for ratification. The ratified version will then be signed by the President into law.

(From L-R: (sitting) Rep. Edcel Lagman, Rep. Bernadette Herrera, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Senator Nancy Binay; (standing) Rep. Pia Cayetano, Rep. Emmie De Jesus and Rep. Arnel Ty)