Manila, Feb. 21 -- Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday said employers will not be discouraged from hiring women with the signing of the Expanded Maternity Leave (EML) Law by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Bello noted that companies should be encouraged to hire women because when employees are happy, they are more productive.
"When you are a happy employee, you work well... It's for the good of everybody especially for our women workers," he said in an interview.
He added that they are looking to release the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) within 45 days.
"Usually we are given 90 days but we don't intend to fully utilize the 90 days," he said.
Meanwhile, the Nagkaisa Labor Coalition applauded women workers all over the ...