Manama: A new employee benefits scheme granting mothers 140 days of maternity leave as well as 10 working days to fathers as paternity leave has been launched by Standard Chartered Bank Bahrain.
To be implemented from January 1 next year, the scheme entitles the bank’s women employees to 80 days of maternity leave on half pay, in addition to the standard 60 days of maternity leave under Labour Ministry regulations, Standard Chartered Bahrain chief executive Hassan Jarrar told a Press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain, Hotel and Spa yesterday .
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