Legal Bases and Forms
- CSC Resolution No. 11210 — Amendment to Omnibus Rules on Leave (CSC MC No. 41, s. 1998, as amended)
- Republic Act No. 11210 — 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Act
- Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), RA 11210 — Expanded Maternity Leave Law
- Civil Service Form 6 (Revised 2020) — Application for Leave
- Civil Service Form 6a (series 2020) — Notice of Allocation of Maternity Leave
What is maternity leave benefits?
Pursuant to R.A. 11210, Sections 11 to 18 of CSC Resolution No. 2100020, female employees in the government service may be granted 105 days of maternity leave with full pay for live childbirth regardless of the mode of delivery, and 60 days with full pay for cases of miscarriage or emergency termination of pregnancy.
The female worker is also given the option to extend the maternity leave for another 30 days without pay, or use her earned sick leave credits for extended leave with pay.
Moreover, the said law allows the mother to allocate up to seven (7) days of her maternity leave benefit to the child’s father, whether or not married to her, or in case of the father’s incapacity, to an alternate caregiver.
Source: Civil Service Commission
