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Sadhguru reveals the superfood women should eat daily, says the ancient millet is the ‘most female-friendly cereal’Spiritual leader Sadhguru has highlighted ragi (finger millet) as a highly beneficial cereal for women, particularly in combating anemia an...- New labour code: Can higher gratuity and social security costs under Social Security Code, 2020 be offset by employers by salary restructuring ?The recent notification of the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026 under the Code on Social Security, 2020 marks a significant shift in I...
- Approve maternity leave for third pregnancy: HC to TN govtThe Madras High Court ruled that the government cannot discriminate in approving maternity benefits, including for third pregnancies. A div...
- Second maternity leave can't be denied merely because sought within 2 years of first: Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court ruled a second maternity leave cannot be denied within two years, stating the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 override...
- 8th Pay Commission update: NC-JCM seeks Rs 69,000 minimum basic pay, 3.83 fitment factor for employees, pensioners8th pay commission NC-JCM memorandum: A minimum pay of Rs 69,000, fitment factor of 3.83, annual increment of 6%, merging 18 employee level...
- Climate stress affecting India's economy, aggravating health risks: ReportThe year 2021 was marked by severe heat exposure in India, leading to alarming economic ramifications. An estimated 160 billion labor hours...
- 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...
- 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...
- Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea challenging constitutional validity of provision of Maternity Benefit ActA Bench of Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Krishna Murari sought response from the Central government on the plea which said that the pr...
- Government looking at enhancing, extending maternity benefitsThe proposal, if it goes through, is likely to cost an additional Rs 400 core to the government if it agrees to reimburse the cost for seve...
- Small companies hire more men to avoid maternity 'burden'In the survey, 46% of the respondents said they hired mostly male employees in the last 18 months.
- Government budget to reimburse maternity leave pay: Labour MinistryThe ministry has estimated that about Rs 400 crore would be the financial implication for the Ministry of Labour and Employment to implemen...
- NCW sees spurt in complaints of maternity benefits being deniedMaternity Benefits Act states, any organisation with 50 or more employees must have a creche or day-care centre to help women get back to t...
- Maternity law: Big companies unlikely to go slow on women hiringAfter growing at 11% for the previous two years, the total number of permanent women employees in 32 Nifty companies grew at 5% in FY18.
- Maternity Benefit Act: The new amendments might cause some pangs in the short runThe 2017 amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act were a bold policy action but a year on, it may have warranted unintended and unwanted con...
- Women hiring to dip over maternity leave; may cause 1.2 crore job loss in FY19In the midst of several divergent voices on the Act, a study by TeamLease presents stark statistics that provide a rather grim view on wome...
- Maternity benefit also covers those already on leave: Labour MinistryThe Labour Ministry today clarified that the employees already on maternity leave will be eligible for enhanced paid leave under the amende...
- Men will use paternity leave like a holiday: Maneka Gandhi"If men gave me one iota of hope by taking sick leave for child care, then yes, we can think of mooting a proposal for paternity leave," sa...
- Rajya Sabha passes Bill to raise maternity leave to 26 weeksAs per the proposed amendments, maternity leave for women working in both private and public sector will be enhanced to 26 weeks from the c...
- Companies extend maternity benefits, make it easy for young mothersMany Indian companies are starting to increase the maternity benefits extended to their employees, whether in the form of more their matern...
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