WHAT DO WORKING DAYS MEAN DURING MATERNITY LEAVE?.

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Hanifa’s due date is 3 days away and she is super excited about meeting her newborn. Yesterday, she asked for her maternity leave. The H.R told her that she is entitled to 60 days.

Although the office usually closes from Holy Thursday until Tuesday for Easter holidays, the Human Resource Manager has insisted that she adds all those 'Easter holiday days' since the working days are from Monday to Friday.

In fact, he insists that she adds the public holidays since childbirth has been happening since time immemorial. She is not the first and will not be the last to give birth.

She is confused bambi and is wondering what leave days really mean.

WHAT DOES THE LAW SAYS ABOUT THIS?

The employment laws say that every female employee who is pregnant is entitled to a minimum of sixty (60) working days.

Leave is only for working days not all days. This means that usually weekends are not counted. When we talk about working days, we mean all the days those employers expect employees to be at work.

These days do not include legal holidays (public holidays recognised by the country) and off days at the Organisation such as weekends.

For instance, if employees are not expected to work on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, these are off days and should not be included.

Even if the company breaks off on 1st December until 1st January for Christmas break, then you should not include these as working days.

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