Maternity Leave For Surrogate Mothers

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.

Surrogate and commissioning mothers may get six months maternity leave, as per new rules being formed by the central government for its women employees.

A woman who works for a government-run firm in Kerala has gone to court after she was refused maternity leave to look after her baby because she is not the child's biological mother.

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.

Surrogate and commissioning mothers may get six months maternity leave, as per new rules being formed by the central government for its women employees.

A woman who works for a government-run firm in Kerala has gone to court after she was refused maternity leave to look after her baby because she is not the child's biological mother.