The labour ministry is preparing a framework for social security for gig workers, providing health insurance and pension benefits. This ini...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to grant maternity, child care and child adoption leave to women soldiers, sailors a...

The Madras High Court has emphasized the need for a legal framework to ensure mandatory paternity leave for both biological and adoptive fa...

A 'single' male government employee has been defined as "an unmarried or widower or divorcee government servant".

"It has been decided that all state government offices including those provided with Grant-in-Aid shall remain open and all the employees s...

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

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 benefit is applicable also to adopting mothers and those who use surrogates to bear a child. The changes to the maternity leave policy ...

She said ongoing healthcare schemes of "Amma Arogya Plan," "Amma Master Health Check-Up," and "Amma Master Health Check-Up Plan for Women,"...

Companies are recognising the need to address attrition at the stage when employees return from maternity leave, as many women seek role ch...

"This will give impetus to increase participation in PhD programmes by women and differently-abled students," she said.

Employees of Cisco India who need to care for their dependents during times of illness can avail themselves of sick leave.

In addition, both women and men employees will be allowed to avail themselves of work-from-home and flexible or part-time working options.

A government proposal to extend maternity benefits in the private sector from 12 weeks of paid leave to 26 weeks is sending India Inc on an...

Prabir Jha, who has recently quit Reliance Industries as its chief human resources officer, is reportedly considering an offer to join phar...

These proposed changes could buttress the Modi govt’s credentials with the working class while it attempts to push through more ambitious r...

The online retailer announced that it will now offer six months paid leave plus four months of flexible working option with pay to mothers.