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Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill (features (mandatory for employers with…
Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill
Why
to amend the old Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
that entitles women to receive maternity benefits
features
Expecting mothers
working in the organised sector
avail 26 weeks of paid maternity leave instead of 12 weeks.
12 weeks of paid maternity leave
mothers who are adopting a child below the age of three months
commissioning mothers who opt for surrogacy.
only upto first two children
For third child, the entitlement will be for only 12 weeks.
mandatory for employers with 50 or more employees
to provide crèches in close vicinity
allowing women up to four daily visits to the crèche.
work from home option
establishments employing 10 people or more
Comparison
1961 Act
12 weeks maternity leave
Leave not prior to 6 weeks from due date
Adoptive and Commissioning mothers: No provision
Flexible work options:
No provisions
2016 Bill
26 weeks maternity leave
Leave can be taken 8 weeks prior to due date
Adoptive and Commissioning mothers
Adoptive and Commissioning mothers
Provides for 12 weeks leave
option to work from home
Benefits
benefit about 1.8 million women in the organized sector.
take care of her infant
work-life balance.
will make India at third place,
in level of maternity benefits
only after Canada and Norway
reducing gender inequality at work
bringing down maternal and infant mortality
Criticism
adverse incentives for employers to hire women.
90 per cent of the Indian women
unorganised sector
reinforce the stereotype about childcare
exclusively a woman’s responsibility
discriminates against
all adoptive mothers,
adoptive fathers
transgenders
Way forward
entitle parents to shared leave
respective employers of the couple
should share the total cost of the parental leave
total cost should be calculated based on
wife’s annual earnings,
firms
create crèche facilities within a specified distance of their office
allow both male and female employees to visit their children