Maternity Leave

A 26-year-old Odisha government employee claimed that she lost her child in the womb after allegedly being denied leave by a Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) while experiencing severe labour pain at her office in Kendrapara district.

Nikita Twitchen, a former admin assistant at First Grade Projects, launched an unfair dismissal claim, alleging her pregnancy was the reason for her termination.

Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh announced pregnancy in February this year

Women police in the state force will be entitled to one year's maternity leave, and upon resuming work they will be posted at a place of their choice for three years to nurture their children, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday.

Orissa High Court has recently ruled that female employees who become mothers through surrogacy have the same right to maternity leave and other benefits as provided to natural and adoptive mothers.

Women government employees can take 180 days of maternity leave in case they have children through surrogacy after amendments were announced to a 50-year-old rule by the Centre.

From extending maternity leave benefits to relaxation in labour laws to providing creches, the policies led by the Modi government have enabled a significant number of women to join the workforce.

Becoming a mother is a natural phenomenon, and an employer has to be considerate and sympathetic towards women staffers, the Bombay High Court said on Friday, while cancelling a communication issued by the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

The incident came to light when the employee was caught in a video, adding a suspicious substance to her co-worker's drink.

"We never discussed how long I was going to go on maternity leave. He never asked me, it just happened, there's enough trust," Ms Gupta said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to grant maternity, child care and child adoption leave to women soldiers, sailors and air warriors on par with their officer counterparts.

Denial of maternity benefits to a female employee is inhumane and against the principles of social justice as well as her fundamental rights as it stands in the way of her choice to bring life into the world, the Delhi High Court has said.

A US woman shared how she was laid off at Google while on maternity leave after over 12 years at the company.

In the last few years, courts across India have held in various judgments that maternity leave and its consequential benefits should be extended to contractual employees.

This is a step towards bringing equality as per the paternity leave rules across the world.

A 26-year-old Odisha government employee claimed that she lost her child in the womb after allegedly being denied leave by a Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) while experiencing severe labour pain at her office in Kendrapara district.

Nikita Twitchen, a former admin assistant at First Grade Projects, launched an unfair dismissal claim, alleging her pregnancy was the reason for her termination.

Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh announced pregnancy in February this year

Women police in the state force will be entitled to one year's maternity leave, and upon resuming work they will be posted at a place of their choice for three years to nurture their children, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday.

Orissa High Court has recently ruled that female employees who become mothers through surrogacy have the same right to maternity leave and other benefits as provided to natural and adoptive mothers.

Women government employees can take 180 days of maternity leave in case they have children through surrogacy after amendments were announced to a 50-year-old rule by the Centre.

From extending maternity leave benefits to relaxation in labour laws to providing creches, the policies led by the Modi government have enabled a significant number of women to join the workforce.

Becoming a mother is a natural phenomenon, and an employer has to be considerate and sympathetic towards women staffers, the Bombay High Court said on Friday, while cancelling a communication issued by the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

The incident came to light when the employee was caught in a video, adding a suspicious substance to her co-worker's drink.

"We never discussed how long I was going to go on maternity leave. He never asked me, it just happened, there's enough trust," Ms Gupta said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to grant maternity, child care and child adoption leave to women soldiers, sailors and air warriors on par with their officer counterparts.

Denial of maternity benefits to a female employee is inhumane and against the principles of social justice as well as her fundamental rights as it stands in the way of her choice to bring life into the world, the Delhi High Court has said.

A US woman shared how she was laid off at Google while on maternity leave after over 12 years at the company.

In the last few years, courts across India have held in various judgments that maternity leave and its consequential benefits should be extended to contractual employees.

This is a step towards bringing equality as per the paternity leave rules across the world.