In India, about 40 government doctors in the state of Tamil Nadu are being denied maternity leave and associated benefits. These doctors who went on maternity leave during their post-graduate course over four years ago, have yet to be paid their salaries for the period of leave. Many of the...
An entitlement of additional twelve weeks of unpaid leave is made available as part of the amendment. To avail of this leave, the employee should inform the employer of her intention to utilise this additional leave in writing at least one month before the end of the maternity leave. This ac...
In case ofmiscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy, a woman shall, on the production of such proof as may be prescribed, is entitled to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit, for a period of six weeks immediately following the day of her miscarriage or, as the case may...
Enacted this week, the Maternity Benefit Amendment Act increased paid leave time to 26 weeks from 12 weeks for women working at companies with at least 10 employees. Government employees already receive 26 weeks and the private sector has only just caught up more than a year after the Labor M...
Maternity leave benefit for contractual govt employees in HarPress Trust of India
Oftentimes, maternity leave isabout 12 weeks long— that is, you're eligible for it (and many people in the U.S. aren't). Through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the federal government guarantees 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for the birth of a newborn or adopting...
The new policy -- which became law Wednesday -- more than doubles the time off for working Indian mothers, and means the country now has more generous maternity leave than the U.S., Japan and France. The Indian government hopes to encourage more women -- less than 30% of whom are em...
How much a women entitled to get paid during her maternity leaves full salary payment or only medical expenses - Labour & Service Law
Maternity leave pay should be paid on the normal pay day of the employee by the employer. Employers, after payment of all maternity leave pay, may apply to the government for reimbursement of maternity leave pay for the 11thto 14thweek, which is also subject to a cap of HK...
NEW DELHI, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Indian parliament has passed a law that increases paid maternity leave from the previously granted 12 weeks to 26 weeks, officials said Friday. The bill was passed on Thursday by India's lower house of parliament (Lok Sabha) nine months after the upper...