General : Maternity Leave Extension For Civil Servants Acknowledges Mothers' Balancing Act

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• Universiti Utara Malaysia, Centre for Applied Psychology, Policy and Social Work Studies senior lecturer, associate professor Dr Rajwani Md Zain said the longer leave period gives mothers precious room to adapt to the major changes in life after childbirth.
• She added that raising the maternity leave entitlement across an officer's years of service to 490 days also gives female civil servants greater flexibility to use the facility for subsequent births, subject to regulations.
• "Such facilities help ease parents' worries about their children's safety while they are at work, especially given the social issues we see today, such as abuse or accidents," she said.

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