Paid Maternity Leave

A landlocked province in northwest China, in an effort to encourage couples to have children, is looking to sharply increase the duration of paid maternity leave to nearly one full year, putting it on par with some developed economies in Europe.

The thousands of people who do the bulk of Facebook's work keeping the site free of suicides, massacres, and other graphic posts are not Facebook employees. As contractors employed by outsourcing firms, these content moderators don't get Facebook's cushy six-month maternity leave, aren't allowed to invite friends or family to the company cafeteria,...

"Thousands of ad-hoc teachers have been suffering on account of 'no-maternity-policy' for non-permanent female employees. Many careers have been jeopardised because of this policy. In many cases, women employees had to report to work the very next day after child-birth," he said.

Taking note of several reports which indicated a decrease in the recruitment of women workers owing to an increase in maternity leaves, the government has decided to pay 50 per cent of the salary of 14 weeks to women on maternity leave. Earlier, under the Maternity Benefit Act, women were given paid leave for 12 weeks which was extended to 26 week...

Central government's women employees, whose children are born through surrogacy, will now be entitled to maternity leave, according to an official order of the personnel ministry.

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 has given pregnant women an opportunity to avail an extended paid maternity leave of 26 weeks.

New Delhi: The labour ministry on Monday clarified that the employees already on maternity leave will be eligible for enhanced paid leave under the amended Maternity Benefit Act, which came into force on April 1. The amended Maternity Benefit Act was enforced on April 1, 2017. There was a confusion that whether the employees already on maternity le...

The 12-week period of maternity leave will be calculated from the date the child is handed over to the adoptive or commissioning mother.

New Delhi: Six and a half months of maternity leave for women in the organised sector is now a reality after President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 last week. The critics have pointed out that women in the informal sector, who form 95 per cent of the workforce, have been left out. Even within t...

Women employees will now be able to get paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as per a new law.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described as a "landmark moment" the passage of a bill under which paid maternity leave in organized sector has been increased from 12 weeks to 26 weeks.

Women working in the organised sector will now be entitled to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as Parliament today passed a bill in this regard that will benefit about 1.8 million women. The new law will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more people and the entitlement will be for only up to first two children. For thir...

Nishu was 27 when she became pregnant with her son five years ago.  She was working with a start-up then. For a young employee like her, working in a start-up that was growing fast had been satisfying. Like other startups, her company offered unusual and attractive perks to their young staff. However, Nishu discovered that this was only one ...

Donald Trump rolled out a plan on Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and suggesting new incentives for employees to provide their workers childcare. Spurred on by his daughter, Ivanka, Trump waded into topics more often discussed by Democrats.

The company also will provide eight weeks of paid family care leave so workers can assist a seriously ill spouse, child, or parent.

A landlocked province in northwest China, in an effort to encourage couples to have children, is looking to sharply increase the duration of paid maternity leave to nearly one full year, putting it on par with some developed economies in Europe.

The thousands of people who do the bulk of Facebook's work keeping the site free of suicides, massacres, and other graphic posts are not Facebook employees. As contractors employed by outsourcing firms, these content moderators don't get Facebook's cushy six-month maternity leave, aren't allowed to invite friends or family to the company cafeteria,...

"Thousands of ad-hoc teachers have been suffering on account of 'no-maternity-policy' for non-permanent female employees. Many careers have been jeopardised because of this policy. In many cases, women employees had to report to work the very next day after child-birth," he said.

Taking note of several reports which indicated a decrease in the recruitment of women workers owing to an increase in maternity leaves, the government has decided to pay 50 per cent of the salary of 14 weeks to women on maternity leave. Earlier, under the Maternity Benefit Act, women were given paid leave for 12 weeks which was extended to 26 week...

Central government's women employees, whose children are born through surrogacy, will now be entitled to maternity leave, according to an official order of the personnel ministry.

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 has given pregnant women an opportunity to avail an extended paid maternity leave of 26 weeks.

New Delhi: The labour ministry on Monday clarified that the employees already on maternity leave will be eligible for enhanced paid leave under the amended Maternity Benefit Act, which came into force on April 1. The amended Maternity Benefit Act was enforced on April 1, 2017. There was a confusion that whether the employees already on maternity le...

The 12-week period of maternity leave will be calculated from the date the child is handed over to the adoptive or commissioning mother.

New Delhi: Six and a half months of maternity leave for women in the organised sector is now a reality after President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 last week. The critics have pointed out that women in the informal sector, who form 95 per cent of the workforce, have been left out. Even within t...

Women employees will now be able to get paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as per a new law.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described as a "landmark moment" the passage of a bill under which paid maternity leave in organized sector has been increased from 12 weeks to 26 weeks.

Women working in the organised sector will now be entitled to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as Parliament today passed a bill in this regard that will benefit about 1.8 million women. The new law will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more people and the entitlement will be for only up to first two children. For thir...

Nishu was 27 when she became pregnant with her son five years ago.  She was working with a start-up then. For a young employee like her, working in a start-up that was growing fast had been satisfying. Like other startups, her company offered unusual and attractive perks to their young staff. However, Nishu discovered that this was only one ...

Donald Trump rolled out a plan on Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and suggesting new incentives for employees to provide their workers childcare. Spurred on by his daughter, Ivanka, Trump waded into topics more often discussed by Democrats.

The company also will provide eight weeks of paid family care leave so workers can assist a seriously ill spouse, child, or parent.