Government
Women employs Mate Maternity raja 26 weeks karvama aavi
The Maternity Leave Amendment Bill
passed by the Lok Sabha which makes a 26-week maternity leave mandatory is
regarded as a high water mark for women. It seems like a quantitative leap.
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
18 lacs 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 third child, the entitlement will be for only 12
weeks.The Maternity Benefit Bill, 2016 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 10th March, months after the Rajya Sabha approved the measure that takes India to the third position in terms of the number of weeks for maternity leave after Canada and Norway where it is 50 weeks and 44 weeks, respectively.
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