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Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Maternity Bill passed in RS, now women to get 6 months off

Maternity Bill passed in RS, now women to get 6 months off 

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the much awaited amendment to Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, paving way for 26 weeks of maternity leave to working women besides providing for 12 weeks of maternity leave for commissioning mothers and introducing an enabling provision of "work from home" for nursing mothers. Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its ex postfacto approval to the bill on Wednesday. The act is applicable to all establishments employing 10 or more persons. "The amendments will help approximately 1.8 million women..

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