PETALING JAYA: The government should share the burden of funding female employees’ maternity leave instead of passing this fully to the bosses when it raises the benefit to 90 days from 60 days beginning 2021, says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).
Its executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said a company would incur RM3bil a year in additional cost from the increase in maternity leave.
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