New Delhi. Maternity leave is a right given to working women, which any woman can take in special circumstances. Special circumstances mean that this leave can be taken during pregnancy.

In such a situation, the question arises whether unmarried girls or unmarried women can also avail the benefit of maternity leave in case of pregnancy. What provision has been made in the law regarding this?

Important changes have been made in the Maternity Benefit Bill 2017 under the Labor Law. It has been said that now pregnant women will be given leave of 26 weeks i.e. 6 months instead of 12 weeks i.e. 3 months. Its purpose is to provide adequate opportunity for proper safety and care of mother and child after delivery. The biggest thing is that during this period the woman is given full salary by the company. No deduction of any kind can be made in it.

What are the laws for unmarried women?

Laws have been made equally for married or unmarried women regarding maternity leave as defined under the Labor Law of the Government of India. It does not matter whether the woman is married or unmarried, because this law has been made only for pregnancy or child care. Therefore, unmarried women will also get 26 weeks of maternity leave. There will be no cut in salary during this period.

Be it government or private, uniform law.

The best thing about maternity leave is that whether your company is government or private, there will be no impact on the terms and facilities of the leave. However, this rule will be applicable only to those companies which employ 10 or more employees. If the number of employees is less than this, then it is not included under the definition of company and the rules of labor law will not apply to it.

Different law for more than 2 children:

Keep in mind that maternity law works differently for more than 2 children. Under this, full leave of 26 weeks is given for two children, but after this, only 12 weeks i.e. 3 months maternity leave will be given on the delivery of the third child.

It is necessary to fulfill these conditions

• The employee must have worked for 80 days out of the 12 months preceding delivery. Only then will you be able to get maternity leave.
• Women who adopt a child will also get the right to take maternity leave.
• If a woman gives birth to a child under surrogacy, she can also get maternity leave for 26 weeks from the date of handing over the newborn baby to its parents.

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This time the elderly and widows can get great news from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In this budget (Budget 2023), the government can take a decision to increase the pension of these people. The budget will be presented on 1 February 2023. Let us tell you how much the pension hike can be increased in the budget this time.

Letter written to the Finance Minister Eminent economists of the country have written a letter to the Finance Minister before the budget, in which a demand has been made to increase the pension for the sake of social security. Along with this, there has been a demand to make adequate provision for maternity benefits.

Increase in the pension of the elderly If we talk about the pension of the elderly, under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the central government is giving pension at the rate of only Rs 200 per month from the year 2006 till now. The Economist says that this is not true at all. The central government should increase this contribution to at least Rs 500 per month.

Pension of widows should be increased to Rs.500

Talking about the pension of widows, there has been a demand to increase it from Rs.300 to Rs.500 per month. According to this letter, the expenditure on pension will be around Rs 1560 crore. At the same time, the Economist has also demanded regarding maternity in the budget for the financial year 2023024 that maternity rights should be fully implemented and if we talk about the expenditure on this, it will be around Rs 8000 crore.

Which economists are included?

Let us tell you that the list of these economists includes Jean Dreze, Professor Emeritus of Delhi School of Economics, Pranab Bardhan, Professor Emeritus of California Barclay University, R Nagaraj, Professor of Economics at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, Ritika Khera, Professor of Economics at IIT Delhi. , JNU Honorary Professor Sukhdev Thorat and others.

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The benefits under the Maternity Benefit Act are available to all female employees, who are not covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Act and have worked for a continuous period of 80 days in twelve months immediately preceding the date of her expected delivery.

Maternity benefits act 2017 – This amendment has increased the duration of maternity leave available for women employees from the existing 12 weeks to 26 weeks.

Rs. 3,500 per maternity Current provision of maternity bonus.

A woman shall, on production of such proof as be entitled to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit, for a period of six weeks immediately following the day of her miscarriage.

Women employee should be permitted to visit the crèche 4 times during the day, which includes the regular rest interval .

Penalties for contravention of the act by Employers; Imprisonment which shall not be less than three month, which may extend up to one year and with fine not less than two thousand rupees,  which may extend up to five thousand rupees.

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