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Def in at Ions
Def in at Ions
Def in at Ions
1. APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT
• State Government
• Central Government
2. CHILD
Includes still born child.
3. DELIVERY
It means the birth of a child.
4. EMPLOYER
• In relation to an establishment under the control of the Government
• In relation to an establishment under local authority
• In any other case
5. ESTABLISHMENT
• Factory
• Mine
• A Plantation
• A Shop
• An establishment to which provision of act have been
declared under Sec. 2(1)
6. MISCARRIAGE
Expulsion of the content of a pregnant uterus at any period prior
to 26th week of pregnancy.
7. WAGES
Remuneration paid or payable to a woman.
8. WOMAN
Woman employed by an Organization
PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT
• Employment of women prohibited during certain periods
(Section 4)
SECTION 4(1)
Employer prohibited from employing any woman
6 weeks immediately after delivery
OR
Miscarriage
SECTION 4(2)
Woman prohibited from working
6 weeks immediately after delivery
OR
Miscarriage
SECTION 4(3)
Performing a work likely to effect her pregnancy.
SECTION 4(4)
If pregnant woman makes a request to work, she shall not
be given a work of following nature
• Work of arduous nature
• Involving long hours of standing.
MATERNITY BENEFITS
Payment to a woman at the rate of average daily wage for
period of her actual absence.
• RIGHT TO PAYMENT OF MATERNITY BENEFIT (SEC. 5)