Maternity leave increased to 14 weeks

Politics

Written by: Wu Yan'an

2020-01-08 23:16

The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 is read the first and second readings of the Legislative Council today (8th). If the amendment is passed, the statutory maternity leave will be increased from the current 10 weeks to 14 weeks, but because the House Committee is currently unable to elect Madam President, the Council cannot decide on the establishment of a Bills Committee on the Draft, which will resume the second and third readings of the Draft. He Qiming of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions today moved a motion in the General Assembly, demanding that Article 54 (4) of the Rules of Procedure be adopted to bring the Draft to the General Assembly, avoiding lengthy internal procedures, and the motion currently requires the approval of the chairman of the Legislative Council, Liang Junyan.

Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue posted a message on Facebook tonight. She noted that in order to seek the early passage of the Ordinance, he moved at the conference today that the bill should not be passed to the conference and discussed directly in the conference. Lin Zheng stated that "regardless of whether the motion is approved and Passed, the FTU is all concerned about labor. "

Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue posted a message on Facebook tonight. She noted that in order to seek the early passage of the Ordinance, he moved at the conference today that the bill should not be passed to the conference and discussed directly in the conference. Lin Zheng stated that "regardless of whether the motion is approved and Passed, the FTU is all concerned about labor. " (Profile picture / Photo by Luo Junhao)

Lin Zheng took the initiative to mention Mai Meijuan and praised Mai for doing practical things

Lam Cheng said that whether working mothers can enjoy 14 weeks of paid maternity leave sooner, "It seems to depend on whether the Legislative Council non-establishment members will" raise their high hands ", stop blocking the Legislative Council from electing the chairman of the Legislative Council, and let the government submit to the Legislative Council today "Relevant bills can be considered," she said, noting that He Qiming, for the early passage of the bill, moved at the conference today not to pass the bill to the conference for discussion. Lin Zheng pointed out that "regardless of whether the motion is approved and Passed, the FTU is all concerned about labor. "

Lin Zheng also said that the FTU's "mind the workers" can be reflected from the improvement of outsourced workers at the grassroots level. She said that in 2018, she proposed measures to improve the treatment of outsourced workers at the grassroots level. At the time, at the request of Mai Meijuan, the government would Benefiting from the new measures, the contract award date was advanced from April 2019 to October 2018, benefiting more than 10,000 additional grassroots employees. "I really hope more members can do practical things."

The relationship between Lin Zheng and Mai Meijuan has always received much attention. In June this year, the content of the dialogue between the National People's Congress Zhang Huafeng and the Chairman of the Commission, Liang Dingbang, flowed out. Crude "criticized Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e for improper handling of the amendments, which indirectly corroborated the rumors and aroused widespread public concern.

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