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"IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT A FEMALE EMPLOYEE WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE LESS NOT EMPLOYER UNDER A CONTINUOUS CONTRACT FOR A PERIOD OF THAN 26 WEEKS IS ENTITLED TO MATERNITY LEAVE.
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"IF A FEMALE WORKER HAS WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE EMPLOYER FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 40 WEEKS BEFORE THE EXPECTED DATE OF HER COMMENCEMENT OF MATERNITY LEAVE AND SHE HAS NO MORE THAN TWO SURVIVING CHILDREN, SHE IS ALSO ENTITLED TO MATERNITY LEAVE PAY, SHE SAID.
MRS SHEK NOTED THAT THE MATERNITY LEAVE PAY WAS CALCULATED THE RATE OF TWO-THIRDS OF AN EMPLOYEE'S MONTHLY SALARY.
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IF A FEMALE WORKER IS EMPLOYED ON PIECE RATE OR WHERE HER DAILY WAGES VARY FROM DAY TO DAY, THE RATE IS TWO-THIRDS OF HER DAILY AVERAGE WAGE DURING EVERY COMPLETE WAGE PERIOD, COMPRISING NOT LESS THAN 28 DAYS AND NOT MORE THAN 31 DAYS, PRECEDING THE LEAVE.
"EMPLOYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY WAGES IN LIEU LEAVE, MRS SHEK STRESSED.
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"EMPLOYERS BREACHING THE PROVISIONS WOULD BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.
"HE WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY THE SUM WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYABLE THE IF THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS, MATERNITY LEAVE PAY FOR 10 WEEKS AND A FURTHER SUM EQUIVALENT TO SEVEN DAYS' WAGES, SHE ADDED.
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FACILITATE WORKERS то UNDERSTAND IN SIMPLE TERMS THE HAS PROTECTION PROVISIONS OF THE SO, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT A LEAFLET FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION AT ALL PUBLIC HOSPITALS, AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES, AND THE LRS OFFICES.
"INCLUDED IN THE LEAFLET រង A STANDARD FORM OF NOTICE, SPECIFYING THE EXPECTED DATE OF CONFINEMENT AND THE DATE ON WHICH THE MATERNITY LEAVE IS TO COMMENCE, TO FACILITATE EMPLOYEES TO COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE EO, SHE SAID.
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"THERE IS ALSO A DECLARATION FORM TO FACILITATE FEMALE WORKERS TO MAKE STATUTORY DECLARATION TO VERIFY THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN SHE HAS IN ORDER TO CLAIM MATERNITY LEAVE PAY.
"TO AVOID UNNECESSARY MISUNDERSTANDING AND DISPUTES, EMPLOYEES INTENDING TO TAKE MATERNITY LEAVE SHOULD CONSIDER USING THE STANDARD FORM OF NOTICE AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, SHE ADDED.
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MRS SHEK ALSO URGED PREGNANT EMPLOYEES TO MAKE DECLARATION, USING THE ATTACHED FORM IN THE LEAFLET, AT THE 11 LRS OFFICES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY MUST PRODUCE TO THEIR EMPLOYERS A DECLARATION VERIFYING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT THE TIME NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LEAVE IS SERVED.
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