THE government should ensure that women employed in the civil service have access to the same rights and entitlements for maternity leave as their counterparts in the private sector at all times.
This is following the public backlash after the report about the head of the Hulu Langat district health office’s decision to cut maternity leave from 90 to 60 days for women doctors in all 15 government health clinics in the district from last June 27 due to “critical” staff shortages.
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