NICU care can cost Rs 5,000-10,000 per day: Why parents should know about newborn coverage and its sub-limits in health insuranceParents buy maternity cover for delivery, but the bigger financial risk is complications after birth.
13 Apr, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
Women's tennis players now are eligible for paid maternity leave financed by Saudi fundThe WTA has introduced a novel maternity leave program, sponsored by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, offering 12 months of paid leav...
08 Mar, 2025, 12.16 AM IST
Flexi-hours in India, Denmark's 52-week paid absence: Look at parental leave policies across the worldThe US, Suriname and Papua New Guinea don’t have paid leave for new parents.
22 Jan, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
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...
08 May, 2017, 08.26 PM IST
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.
17 Apr, 2017, 05.11 PM IST
Women to get 26 weeks maternity leave, President Pranab Mukherjee nod to new lawThe new law makes it mandatory for every establishment with fifty or more employees to have the facility of creche within a prescribed dist...
29 Mar, 2017, 06.09 PM IST
Enhanced maternity, paternity policy at nascent stage: SurveyInterestingly, around 48.79 per cent respondents agree that paternity leave policy benefits would be just another form of 'paid leaves' to ...
17 Nov, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
Viacom18 sets benchmark with 9 months paid maternity leaveIn addition to this, the media firm is offering flexible work options for three months for returning mothers and a phased approach to get b...
11 Oct, 2016, 01.05 AM IST
Ericsson India extends paid maternity leave to 26 weeksThe policy benefits have been extended towards providing greater flexibility to employees, by enabling them to have better work life balanc...
05 Aug, 2016, 06.50 PM IST
India Inc eager to go extra mile as government readies to extend maternity benefits in private sectorA 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...
31 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Adobe strengthens family benefits policy for Indian employeesAdobe today announced enhanced family benefits policy for its employees, wherein there would be 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and 2 week...
13 Oct, 2015, 06.41 PM IST
Telenor adopts six-month paid maternity leave policyNorway-based Telenor Group said it has adopted a six-month paid maternity leave policy as a minimum standard globally across its 13 markets...
30 Sep, 2015, 03.49 AM IST
Telenor India offers 6-month paid maternity leaveIn a move aimed at attracting and retaining more women professionals at work place, rebranded Telenor Group has announced to offer six mont...
29 Sep, 2015, 07.21 PM IST
Telenor Group adopts six-month paid maternity leave policyNorway-based Telenor Group said that it has adopted a six-month paid maternity leave policy as a minimum standard globally across its 13 ma...
29 Sep, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
Larry Page and Sergey Brin paid $1,700 a month to rent the garage where Google was bornWojcicki no longer lives in that 2,000 sq. feet, four-bedroom house, but the decision to rent out her garage to Page and Brin ended up beco...
18 Sep, 2015, 02.04 PM IST
Banks lay out special maternity benefits in an attempt to retain women employeesICICI Bank provides its employees a unique leave basket: Six months of paid maternity leave that can be extended by taking leave without pa...
18 Jun, 2013, 07.32 AM IST
Indian working women need a better deal than what India Inc now gives themIn India, especially, most private sector employers are stingy with maternity leave: most companies offer as little as three months’ worth ...
04 Oct, 2012, 08.39 AM IST