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The Maternity Benefit Act of 1961 aims to provide all benefits to a working woman in a dignified way. The Kerala High Court said in a decision that employers should ensure that maternity shouldn’t affect female employees’ career prospects. Case Background Three contract employees of Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) filed a lawsuit demanding […]
The Karnataka High Court said that Mothers of newborn babies can avail work from home options once their maternity leave are up. However, WFH could be given only in cases where the nature of work assigned to the women is such that it is possible for her to work from home. Case background: The petitioner, […]
Social commerce platform Meesho on Thursday announced a 30-week gender-neutral parental leave policy as part of its efforts of rolling out inclusive policies for its employees. The policy has been designed with an outlook to provide fulfilling employee experiences, cognizant of the efforts in caregiving and growing a family, Meesho said in a statement. The […]
Snapdeal, an E-commerce company has announced additional wellness measures for its women employees, which also includes an option for new mothers to work from home for 6 months beyond their existing maternity leave. The company said in a statement, “We all are acutely aware that childcare is not easy and many times women leave the […]
Tata Consumer Products, a part of Tata Group has launched a complete caregivers assist program, ‘CUSP’ for its employees in India who are new parents or, are on the cusp of parenthood. The new initiative is aiming towards employees successfully balance their professional and personal commitments to foster a more inclusive and progressive workplace. Under ‘CUSP’ […]
Kochi: Hon’ble High Court of Kerala said, “Only a woman knows how acutely difficult it is to balance motherhood and her career,” observed the Kerala High Court while criticising the action of the Kerala government in terminating the service of a woman counsellor in Kollam who had gone on maternity leave. Justice Devan Ramachandran of […]
Diageo India has announced a 26-week parental leave policy to all employees, regardless of gender, after birth/adoption of a child. The policy is effective from July 30, 2021. The policy offers all eligible employees a 26-week parental leave, comprising all benefits and bonuses, irrespective of gender or sexual orientation. This policy includes surrogacy, adoption, and biological conception. […]
Karnataka announces 6-month child care leave for government women employees On the occasion of international women’s day, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has announced a proposal to provide six-month child care leave to women employees of the government. Presenting the 2021-22 budget in the Legislative Assembly, Yediyurappa, who also holds finance portfolio, announced construction of Yathri Nivasa in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh for devotees from Karnataka visiting […]
Procter & Gamble introduces a new inclusive parental leave policy Procter & Gamble has announced the introduction of a new inclusive parental leave program ‘Share The Care’ at its virtual #WeSeeEqual summit to promote Gender Equality. The new policy entitles all new parents including biological parents, domestic partners, adoptive parents, parents in same-sex couples to […]
UK plans paid maternity leave for ministers to promote women in politics Britain will introduce its first formal maternity leave for ministers under a draft bill announced on Thursday that aims to protect new mothers and promote more women in politics. The new law will mean that female cabinet members can take up to six months’ paid […]
Fidelity International rolls out an equal parental leave of up to 26 weeks for all staff globally. Fidelity International has announced up to 26 weeks of paternity leave globally, including India. Currently, the company offers 10 days of paternity leave and 26 weeks of maternity leave which is on par with the central government’s parental […]
An exclusive conversation with Manu N Wadhwa, Chief Human Resources Officer, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN). Manu has over two decades of experience in the human resources function across various industries and countries; she has piloted workplace and people agenda of globally dynamic organizations like GE and American Express. Her expertise lies in Organization Design […]
