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A. Retirement Under RA 8291: Five-year lump A. Consolidated Loan: The GSIS ConsoLoan
sum or cash payment with instant pension— not only consolidates and wipes out
choose your personal reward.
penalties and surcharges from five different Maternity leave of those who have rendered one (1)
loan products, it also provides members year or more but less than two (2) years of service
with loan equivalent to up to 10 months shall be computed in proportion to their length of
salary. service provided, that those who have served for
B. Policy Loan: A loan program that lets you less than one year (1) year shall be entitled to 60-
borrow from the seed money or cash value days maternity leave with half pay.
of your life insurance.
C. Emergency Loan: The GSIS extends It is understood that enjoyment of maternity leave
support to members affected by natural cannot be deferred but should be enjoyed within
calamities with this affordable loan program. the actual period of delivery in a continuous and
D. Cash Advance: One-time quick loan, worth uninterrupted manner not exceeding 60 calendar
P10,000 available to all members. days.
If you are a government employee, you are allowed You claim your Philhealth benefits within the
to take a maternity leave of 60 calendar days with 45-day allowance for room and board.
pay, whether you deliver via normal or cesarean
delivery.
Aside from these requirements, your employer may
You are also entitled to maternity benefits in full if also require the submission of receipts, test results,
you have been working for your government office medical certificates and other documents. Consult
or agency for at least two years. If you have with your human resources manager or
rendered service for more than a year but less than administrative officer to know what other
two years, you will receive maternity benefits in documents should be submitted to qualify for
proportion to your length of service, and half-pay if maternity benefits.
you have been working there for less than one
year. You may find that your company has its own
maternity policy, which is better than the legal
Maternity leave covers both childbirth minimum. If this is the case, your entitlements could
and miscarriage. The law provides minimum differ from those of your colleagues or friends who
requirements that you can expect from your work for other companies.
employer. Talk to your human resources manager
or administrative officer to find out if your employer Find out exactly what you might be entitled to by
provides greater maternity benefits than the contacting:
required minimum. Read your employment contract • your human resources or personnel manager
or collective bargaining agreement carefully and • your labor union representative
see what it says about your employer’s policy on • the Department of Labor and Employment
maternity leaves and benefits. (DOLE) Regional Office in your place of work