MAJORITY of companies are worried over the cost implications of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law, saying it would affect their decision to hire women, preliminary results of a survey by the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) showed.

A mother holds her newborn baby as she walks along the ward of Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila. PHOTO BY DANTE DENNIS DIOSINA JR.

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