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Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Maternity Benefit Rules 1963
The Essence
the genesis
Women are an essential part of a country’s workforce. They need support at the time they are thinking about establishing a family. This entails help after childbirth and during their recuperation period before returning to work.
This implies a sense of job security and compensation during this period, so as to provide peace of mind. And an opportunity to re-enter the workforce once they are ready. Hence, the Maternity Benefits Act
If your baby could talk, they'd say, "Good luck at work, Mom".
Scope of the Act and rules
Objective
Ensure protection of the employment of women at the time of their maternity. It entitles a woman to fully paid wages during her absence from work to take care of her child
coverage
- Periods during which women should not be employed
- Duration of maternity leave
- Wages payable during period of maternity leave
- Leave for illness arising out of pregnancy
- Nursing breaks and creche facility
- Registers and records to be maintained
- Returns to be submitted periodically
- Penalties for offences under the Act
"Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she cannot find afford healthcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline"
Madeleine Kunin
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