New mothers in Rwanda can now breath sigh of relief after the government approved the long awaited maternity protection bill that grants them a better package of their remuneration while on a 12-weeks leave.
This means they will paid a full salary during their three weeks maternity leave, unlike before when they were only paid full salary during the first half of their maternity leave and then required to go back to work of risk losing their salary.
This means they will paid a full salary during their three weeks maternity leave, unlike before when they were only paid full salary during the first half of their maternity leave and then required to go back to work of risk losing their salary.
President Paul Kagame, has given green light to a draft law, once passed by parliament, will allow mothers get 100% of their salary while on leave attending to their newborn babies.
Working parents have been pressing government to revise the previous law under which mothers only received full salary during first half of maternity leave and in second half were required to surrender 80% of salary or return to work.
The Cabinet has adopted the law on maternity leave insurance, which reinforces Government’s efforts in social development,” said the Minister of Finance Claver Gatete on Twitter.
With the new law, the employer will pay half the salary while the fund covers the remaining half.
Under the new law every employee, either private or public will surrender 0.6% of their salary to contribute to a mother’s pay on maternity leave.
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