I found one interesting opinion from The Star online by Marisa Demori of Ipoh on the Maternity Leave (Ridiculously generous benefit will bankrupt many firms – 24 May 2010). Marisa is responding on Rueben Dudley article on Star as well (Stay in step with the ILO on maternity leave – 21 May 2010).
According to Marisa, pregnant woman should resign or take unpaid leave and back to work when the child is big enough. I’m agree with Marisa on the lost of time and production during the absence of female employee due to maternity leave. But I disagree with Marisa on asking them to resign or taking unpaid leave.
My reason is:
1.It’s a woman right to entitle for a leave during confinement (Marisa should know about the after giving birth pantang and breastfeeding the child).
2.Is a woman duty to give birth to our future generation.
3.There is a society issue involve. What happen if the woman is sole breadwinner or single mother. If she resigns, does Marisa think she can easily find a job as Marisa said there is other people out there also needed the job. I think the family will face more problems after that.
4.I never heard of a company in Malaysia or others country that bankrupt because to many female employees on maternity leave (many factories in Malaysia employ woman).
In my opinion, a company should look at their staff welfare and not focus on making big bucks only. Bear in mind that a company success is not achieve by one person only. Not just because a woman taking maternity leave for 2 months, a company disregard her contribution to the company in the past and ask her to take unpaid leave or resign.
6 comments:
I agree with you. On what basis does Marisa come up with such a suggestion. Marisa totally disregard the basic right of a working woman. Her opinion in this, whether is genuinely in 'protecting' the interest of a company or simply self-promoting a totally flaw idea, is ridiculous.
Oh yeah.. forgot to mention, Malaysia is one of the 'fewer than 30 countries' who only provide 6 weeks maternity leave today, below the international standard of 14 weeks and behind neighboring countries such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines.
Tell me, if this Marisa is a she or not. How is that 'she' "agree with the writer that maternity protection is an essential right of working women" when 'she' has no clue what is essential in the first place.
Thank you for supporting me. I think Marisa in only thinking of making his/her compant profitable without thingking of his/her employee welfare.
she must have had problems getting a child or something must have happened to her to make such allegations.
If i'm not mistaken Marisa is a womens name. I think the reason why she brought this matter up is something might have happen to her and/ unable to get a baby or her company ill treated her or whatever lar :)
Yes, Marisa sounds like female name. It's sad to hear such allegation coming from a woman.
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