Supplemental pay benefits NMC &STI

• Benefits for time not worked such as unemployment insurance, vacation and holiday
pay ,and sick pay .

• Common time-off with pay periods include :

- Vacations &Holidays
- Sick leave
- Funeral leave
- Military duty personal days
- Jury duty
- Sabbatical leave
- Maternity leave
- Terminated emplyoees
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 Vacations allowance NMC & STI

Country Paid Vacation Days

Mexico 6 days
Japan 10 days
Sweden 25 days
France 25 days
Denmark 33 days
US Average- 10 days
Myanmar 10 days
US- Duration of Service Paid Vacation days / year
After 6 mth to 1 years service One week
After 1 to 5 years of service Two weeks
After 5 to 10 years of service Three weeks
After 15 to 25 years of service Four weeks
After 25 years of of service Five weeks 2DBM-3
 Paid Holidays STI
NMC &

• In the United States , the number of paid holidays varies considerably

from employer to employer , a minimum 5 to 13 days or more.
• In the Myanmar - 21 public holidays
- Independence Day
- Union Day
- Peasants’ Day
- Armed Forces Day
-Thingyan Holidays ( 4 days)( Now New)
- Myanmar New Year ( 4 days)
- Labor Day
- Kasone , Waso , Thadingyut & Tazaungmone &TabaungFull Moon.
- Martyrs’ Day
- National Day
- Christmas Day 2DBM-3
The Myanmar major Labour laws NMC & STI

 Employment Restriction Act. 1959

 Employment Statistic Act. 1948
 Factories Act. 1951
 Minimum Wages Act. 1949
 Payment of Wages Act. 1936
 Shops and Security Act.1951
 Social Security Act. 1954
 The Leave and Holidays Act.1951
 Trade Disputes Act . 1929
 In addition , Myanmar has also ratified numerous International Labour
Organisation Conventions.
 The Leave and Holiday Act.1951
Leave includes earned leave ,casual leave and leave on medical certificate.
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 Sick Leave NMC & STI

•Sick Leave : Provides pay to an amployee when he or she is out of work because of
illness.Usually up to about 12 per year.

•Sick leave pay causes difficulty for many employers.

•The problem is that while employees use their sick days only when they are legitimately sick
,others use sick leave as extensions to vacations,whether they are sick or not .
•In one survery ; Personal illnesses only about 45 % of unscheduled sick leave
absences.Family issues 27 % , Personal needs 13 % , a mentality of entirement 9% and
Stress 6 %.
•A leave bank of paid time off ( PTO ) is another option; it basically gives employees a total
figure for all annual time off.
•Example :One hospital previously granted new employees 25days off/Yr.
25days off -10vacation ,3 personal days, 12 sick days.
•The New PTO policy – 18 PTO days to use as they saw fit.
•Catastrophic leaves-Short-term illness - absences 5 consecutive days.
•Special absences like jury duty , bereavement leave. 2DBM-3
Parental leave & the Family and medical Leave Act
• Parental leave is an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time
off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child’s welfare.
• The term parental leave includes maternity (female),paternity(male) and
adoption leave.Often ,the minimum benefits are stipulated by law.
• Parental leave is important benefit . About half of workers today are
women, and about 80% will become pregnant , during their work lives.
• President Clinton singed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.(FMLA)
 Private employers( 50 employees) must provide employees up to 12
weeks of unpaid leave for their own serious illness, the birth or adoption
of a child, or the care of a seriously ill child, spouse or parent.
 Provide unused paid sick leave or annual leave as part of the 12wk leave.
 Provide Health benefits while they are on the unpaid leave.
 Must guarantee –to return to previous or equlvalent position with no loss
of benefits at the end of the year (NMC & STI - 2DBM-3)
Leave of absence request form
Employee Information
• Name & ID No.
• Department,Division & Position
• Employment status( Per/Tem)
• Work & Home Phone number
• Contact person during your leave
• Last leave ( Reason & date)
• Current leave (Reason & date)
• Signature & date
 Employee
 Human Resource Manager
 Supervisor/Manager/ MD
NMC & STI
Type of leave ,pay &duration
Casual leave ( least 1hr in advance)
Annual leave ( if> 5day-1mth in adv.)
Sick Leave ( >1dayCertificate need)
Medical leave ( Certificate need)
Educational Leave( 1mth in advance)
Married Leave (2week in advance)
Religious Leave
Maternity Leave( 2mth in advance)
Special leave
Paid / Unpaid leave
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