Maternity Benefit: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Apr 2025

Editorial

Women are at Risk of Losing Their Jobs After Maternity Leave

Apr 15, 2025

Centre allows Six-Month Maternity, Child Care Leave for Surrogacy

Maternity leave is the paid time off that employers provide to pregnant women or new mothers for sel...

HR Practices

Jun 24, 2024

Centre allows Six-Month Maternity, Child Care Leave for Surrogacy

Maternity benefits to women working in unorganised sector

The Maternity Benefit Act regulates the employment of women in certain establishments for a certain ...

Labour Law

Feb 6, 2024

Maternity benefits to women working in unorganised sector

Maternity, Child Care Child Adoption Leaves Defence Ministry

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for an extension of the rules for Maternity...

Work Model

Nov 6, 2023

Maternity, Child Care Child Adoption Leaves Defence Ministry

Work Model

Zomato introduces maternity insurance for female delivery partners

India’s food ordering and delivery platform, Zomato has announced the launch of a comprehensive maternity insurance plan for the female delivery partners onboarded with Zomato. This industry-first initiative underlines Zomato’s commitment to building an inclusive ecosystem for the female delivery partners and providing essential support during this transformative journey. The insurance plan will cover expenses […]

Oct 25, 2023

Labour Law

Contractual women eligible for maternity benefits: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that Contractual women are eligible for maternity benefits to adjudicate upon the issue. A Delhi High Court single judge bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh, in its July 26 order, said, “Maternity benefits do not merely arise out of the statutory right or contractual relationship between an employer and […]

Aug 25, 2023

Labour Law

Centre issues advisory to encourage work from home for nursing mothers

Encourage Work-from-home for Nursing Mothers: Govt Issues Advisory to States, UTs Amid Covid The government of India on Tuesday has issued an advisory to all the State Governments/UTs to encourage work-from-home (WFH) for nursing mothers under the enabling provision for permitting work from home for nursing mothers under Section 5 (5) of the Maternity Benefit […]

Jun 1, 2021

Labour Law

Labour Ministry seeks feedback on draft social security rules

Labour Ministry seeks feedback on draft social security rules Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft rules under the Code on Social Security, 2020 on 13.11.2020 inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. Such objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within a period of 45 days from the […]

Nov 17, 2020