New Mothers in Rwanda to be paid a full Salary

[Donatila]

New mothers in Rwanda can now breath sigh of relief after the government approved the long awaited maternity protection bill that grants them a better package of their remuneration while on a 12-weeks leave.


This means they will paid a full salary during their three weeks maternity leave, unlike before when they were only paid full salary during the first half of their maternity leave and then required to go back to work of risk losing their salary.

President Paul Kagame, has given green light to a draft law, once passed by parliament, will allow mothers get 100% of their salary while on leave attending to their newborn babies.

Working parents have been pressing government to revise the previous law under which mothers only received full salary during first half of maternity leave and in second half were required to surrender 80% of salary or return to work.

The Cabinet has adopted the law on maternity leave insurance, which reinforces Government’s efforts in social development,” said the Minister of Finance Claver Gatete on Twitter.

With the new law, the employer will pay half the salary while the fund covers the remaining half.

Under the new law every employee, either private or public will surrender 0.6% of their salary to contribute to a mother’s pay on maternity leave.


Source: New Mothers in Rwanda to be paid a full Salary | CCTV Africa

 

[Sijali]

Only three weeks? Or a typing mistake.

 

[East African Eagle]

Donatila

I conglatulate Rwanda for this move.In Tanzania they are paid full salary when they are on maternity leave with their jobs protected.

 

[jMali]

Donatila

Kwani nchi nyingine huwa inakuaje? wanakuwa hawalipwi au?

 

[Rene Jr.]

Mi nikajua ni Wamama wote, kumbe watumishi tu?...pamadaku!

 

[East African Eagle]

Only three weeks? Or a typing mistake.

They also need to change this.Three weeks, the mother and the child are still too weak.It is a bad law it needs to be changed.THey should be given three months at least.

 

[sebastian karim]

:juggle::embarrassed1::smile-big::A S-baby::juggle:

 

[Kishimbe wa Kishimbe]

Kwani nchi nyingine huwa inakuaje? wanakuwa hawalipwi au?

Kweli Rwanda wako nyuma, Tanzania inalipa mshahara wote kwa wamama wazazi tangu na kabla ya uhuru, 1961!

 

[jMali]

Kweli Rwanda wako nyuma, Tanzania inalipa mshahara wote kwa wamama wazazi tangu na kabla ya uhuru, 1961!

Ndio maana nashangaa what is so special about this, inaelekea hawa watu hata mwanamke akijifungua mapacha tutaletewa thread hapa, "mnyarwanda ajifungua mapacha!"

 

[Elungata]

tuko heavily inflitrated na hawa wanyarwanda,

 

[mwakaboko]

yaani ni week tatu tu!!! jamani MZEE KAGAME waruhusu hao wamama walau kwa miezi 3 kiongozi tena wawe fuuly paid, mkuu

 

[kui]

Only three weeks? Or a typing mistake.

I hope it's a typing error!

 

[Apologise lady]

Sie tunapumzika siku 84 then baada ya hapo tunapewa masaa mawili mchana yakunyonyesha na mshahara unaingia bila wasiwasi, naipenda sana NCHI YANGU siwapendi tu magamba.