Maternity leave benefit for contractual government employees in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: Women contractual employees in Haryana government will also avail the benefit of six-month maternity leave like their regular counterparts.

At present, paid maternity leave of up to three month is admissible to women government employees who are engaged on contractual basis, an official statement said.

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had given his nod in this regard, it said.

Yesterday, the state government had decided to amend its regularisation policy to give permanent jobs to those who already have or will complete ten years of service by December 31, 2018.

Assembly elections in the state are due later this year.