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Pick your own health cover: How custom plans work and their hidden downsidesA health plan consists of a base plan and riders or add-ons. Earlier, the base plan comprised fixed features that could not be changed, and...
Parenting, no longer a gendered thingIn a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has urged the Indian government to introduce paternity leave while expanding maternity leave for al...
Beyond biology: SC backs equal maternity rights for adoptive mothersThe Supreme Court has removed a rule that denied maternity benefits to mothers adopting children over three months old. The court stated th...
SC allows maternity leave to mothers adopting children older than 3 monthsThe Supreme Court has ruled that adoptive mothers are entitled to maternity leave regardless of the child's age. A law restricting this ben...
How much salary do women get on maternity leave - full salary or basic?Maternity Leave in India: Not many women know the benefits they get under the Maternity Benefit Act. This includes the maximum number of pa...
M&M maternity leave to cover adoption, surrogacyThe new maternity benefits policy - amongst the first such initiatives in the manufacturing industry - also provides 6 months of flexi work...
RIL introduces 12-week paid leave for 'commissioning' mothersThe 12-week period of maternity leave will be calculated from the date the child is handed over to the adoptive or commissioning mother.
PayPal announces enhanced caregiving policies for employees in IndiaThe move is part of PayPal's continuing efforts to ensure a balanced approach to work and life among its employees in the country.
Edelweiss Group gives 26 weeks maternity leaveEdelweiss has introduced a programme — Women Empowered — to ensure that more women come up the pyramid and not really fall out.
Accenture to give twenty two weeks of adoption and surrogacy leaveThe benefits will also include one month of additional paid maternity leave to cover for illness, if any, and three months of unpaid leave ...
Pitney Bowes rolls out new motherhood policy ‘Mayeri’The policy also extends to cases of adoption and surrogacy, and provides six weeks of leave for women who have suffered a miscarriage.
Yes Bank rolls out adoption leave under ‘Yes We Care' initiativeWomen employees adopting a child can take two months of paid leave for adopting a child of 6 years of age or below.
Sony Pictures Networks India introduces women-friendly work-linked benefitsThe duration of paid leave that can be availed for maternity has been increased from 12 weeks to 6 months (180 calendar days).
GSK Consumer Healthcare raises maternity and adoption leave to 6 monthsGSK Consumer Healthcare, the manufacturer of the popular health drink Horlicks, has increased its maternity and adoption leave to six month...
Adobe strengthens employee benefits in India, increases time for maternity and paternity leaveAdobe today announced improvements to its family time-off benefits for its employees in India, to provide better support during the birth o...
Intel India expands maternity, adoption benefits for employeesTech giant Intel said it has increased maternity leave benefits to five months and doubled paternity benefits for its employees in India.
More women return to work post maternityThe report revealed that 67 per cent women returned to the workforce post their maternity leave in 2014, as compared to 58 per cent in 2012.
Flipkart offers Rs 50,000 allowance to employees for adoptionAfter relaxing maternity and paternity policies, Flipkart is now offering an allowance of Rs 50,000 to employees looking to adopt children.
- Tech companies adopt baby-friendly policies
Bringing home your adopted bundle of joy got a lot more joyous with many Indian firms beginning to offer paternity leave, in addition to ma...
- India Inc adopts a noble idea
Karishma Sharma, an executive with a Bangalore-based IT major, is on an adoption maternity leave for a month.