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by Girl_Next_Door » Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:43 am
There are 2 areas here, one is the legislation, and another is the internal policies.
As per SMS's comments, based on the legislation, if you are earning more than $2K, you are not protected by the Employment Act.
Since you are working as an expatriate 'executive' woman, I am assuming that you are earning more than $2k.
With that, internal HR policies varies from company to company, and industry to industry. The general guidelines would be 2 months of maternity leave, which is similar to what your company is offering you. As far as I know, most companies in Singapore do not offer to leave open the position for 1 year. Singapore bosses are practical, so they would rather fill up the headcount than leave it open for a year.
If you are wondering if you are "disadvantaged" among the expatriates / non Singaporeans / PRs, I don't think you are.
Even for Singaporeans/PRs who qualified for the enhanced govt paid maternity leave scheme, the 4 months maternity leave is a situation whereby the employer will pay for 2 months (which is the standard), and the government will pay for the other 2 months. The amount that the government pay, is capped at $10,000 per 4 weeks ie $20,000 for the first 2 confinements and $40,000 for the third and subsequent confinements.
Hope this help!