Maternity Leave in India: Not many women know the benefits they get under the Maternity Benefit Act. This includes the maximum number of pa...

In a significant ruling, the Orissa High Court in India has ruled that the refusal to grant maternity leave to a female employee is “an ass...

A Bench of Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Krishna Murari sought response from the Central government on the plea which said that the pr...

The ESIC on Monday decided to give relaxation in contributory conditions to avail sickness benefit to the insured women availing maternity ...

“In the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, rule 51B shall be omitted,” it said in a gazette notification. Rule 51 B of the E...

In states like Tamil Nadu and Odisha, maternity benefits are relatively superior, both in terms of what they offer, and the number of benef...

The finance ministry had wanted to know the labour ministry’s intent behind the scheme and had sought clarifications on the proposal twice.

Govt may bear cost of 7 weeks of the extended 14-week leave period for female staff in Rs 15,000 pay bracket.

"The benefits of enhanced maternity leave to women employees is undoubtedly a piece of welfare legislation which is intended to give women ...

The finance ministry made a modest allocation of Rs 2,700 crore for maternity benefits in the 2017-18 Budget – a fraction of what is requir...

The letter also demands that the Centre's contribution to old-age pensions under the National Old Age Pension Scheme should be raised from ...

The Delhi Guest Teachers Association has been demanding regularisation of over 17,000 guest teachers, pay parity when compared to permanent...

He further said there are stringent provisions under Maternity Benefit Act as well as the Equal Remuneration Act for prevention of discrimi...

The 12-week period of maternity leave will be calculated from the date the child is handed over to the adoptive or commissioning mother.

The new law makes it mandatory for every establishment with fifty or more employees to have the facility of creche within a prescribed dist...

"Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya will move the Bill tomorrow in the Lok Sabha to amend the Maternity Benefit Act," a senior official sai...

Arun Jaitley may in his third Union Budget to be presented on February 1 seek to reflect government's priority on addressing critical issue...