WORKING WOMEN’S RIGHTS FOR MATERNITY BENEFITS • Labour law enacted by parliament in 1961 • Protects right of working women to take leave for child birth • Guarantees women for – Keeping job – Her seniority – And other benefits • Extent of act – All establishments where >10 persons employed – Does not include employees covered under Employees state insurance (ESI) for certain period and after child birth WORKING WOMEN’S RIGHTS FOR MATERNITY BENEFITS • Benefit period – Average daily wages up to six weeks and six weeks after her delivery – Additional medical bonus of Rs.1,000/- if no prenatal and post natal care provided by employer – Six weeks immediately followed by miscarriage on production of proof with average daily wages – 1 month for illness arising from pregnancy, delivery, premature birth, miscarriage on production of proof – After returning on duty additional two 15 minutes nursing breaks – Employer must maintains records for these leaves (imprisonment for 3 months to 1 year / fine up to Rs.5,000/- or both for violating law) WORKING WOMEN’S RIGHTS FOR MATERNITY BENEFITS • Restriction of work – Employer is forbidden to employ woman for six weeks immediately after delivery – Upon request employer can exempt her from work with arduous nature / any work interfering with her pregnancy or normal development of fetus / adversely affect her health • Death during pregnancy – Death during pregnancy – period up to her death – Death after pregnancy (child is alive) – entire period of six weeks after pregnancy – Death after pregnancy (with child) – till the period of death of child