Latest
Update on Labour Laws - THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT:
Amendment Gazette Notification, Dated 28th
March 2017.
The provisions are effective from
28th March 2017.
HIGHLIGHTS
ARE AS UNDER:
1) Increase
Maternity Benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for two surviving children and 12
weeks for more than two children;
2) 12 weeks
Maternity Benefit to a ‘Commissioning mother’ and ‘adopting mother’;
3)
Facilitate’Work from home’;
4) Mandatory
provision of Creche in respect of establishment having 50 or more employees;
5) Every
establishment shall intimate in writing and electronically to every woman at
the time of her initial appointment about the benefits available under the Act.
Kindly acknowledge the same and
oblige.
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