Philipsburg:--- The Prime Minister of St. Maarten Sarah Wescot Williams announced on Wednesday during the Council of Ministers' weekly press briefing that she has been working on three projects which she is hoping to implement by 2013. Wescot Williams said she has been trying to find ways to increase maternity leave for civil servants.
Wescot Williams explained that while she would have liked to do this for all persons on the island that would mean involving the Parliament of St. Maarten so that the civil code could be amended. Another project the Prime Minister said she is working on is to grant all civil servants at least one day per month so that they can visit their children's school or spend time in the classroom with their children. She said that a final decision is not yet taken on how much days the civil servants will get for this purpose, she further explained that collaboration with the school must be established before the project is implemented. The Prime Minister said the aim of this project is to give civil servants (parents) the opportunity to be more involved with their children. Wescot Williams said that government has a large number of employees and therefore they ought to lead by example.
