Dear Friends Pls send the policy on Paternity & maternity leave and how much salary has to be paid during maternity leave. Regards Jacintha
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
Hi,
Please find the details of paternity and maternity policy:-
Married women, who are full time employees and have at least six months of continuous service with the company , shall be entitled to Maternity leave facilities under the guidance provided by the Maternity Benefits Act of the Government of India.
· Maternity leave can be for duration of a maximum of 12 weeks, starting from up to 6 weeks prior to the expected date of delivery and 6 weeks post delivery (including the day of delivery).
· In case of miscarriage, a maximum of four weeks leave can be taken following the day of miscarriage.
· In case of leave taken due to illness, miscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy, a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner has to be obtained and submitted to the HR department. Medical termination of the pregnancy should be one that is advised by the doctor/medical practitioner. Benefits will not apply if it is a voluntary termination. In case of voluntary termination, leave cannot be claimed under the maternity leave policy.
Salary paid during maternity leave is basic salary only.
Paternity leave shall be five working days and must be availed within 30 days of the child’s birth and in continuation.
Salary paid during paternity leave is basic salary only.
Hope given information will be useful and fulfill your requirement.
From India, New Delhi
4Please find the details of paternity and maternity policy:-
Married women, who are full time employees and have at least six months of continuous service with the company , shall be entitled to Maternity leave facilities under the guidance provided by the Maternity Benefits Act of the Government of India.
· Maternity leave can be for duration of a maximum of 12 weeks, starting from up to 6 weeks prior to the expected date of delivery and 6 weeks post delivery (including the day of delivery).
· In case of miscarriage, a maximum of four weeks leave can be taken following the day of miscarriage.
· In case of leave taken due to illness, miscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy, a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner has to be obtained and submitted to the HR department. Medical termination of the pregnancy should be one that is advised by the doctor/medical practitioner. Benefits will not apply if it is a voluntary termination. In case of voluntary termination, leave cannot be claimed under the maternity leave policy.
Salary paid during maternity leave is basic salary only.
Paternity leave shall be five working days and must be availed within 30 days of the child’s birth and in continuation.
Salary paid during paternity leave is basic salary only.
Hope given information will be useful and fulfill your requirement.
From India, New Delhi
Hi Arpana, I heard it’s now 6 months for the Govt employees? It will be same for the Pvt Ltd. companies also or will remain 3 months only. Please advice on this. rgds, J
Hi Arpana,
The Info.. abt Maternity & paternity leaves, given by you is really good. Iam working in Hr Dept in a Software Company.
Can you let me know the minimum and maximum number of leaves (Casual, Sick, Earned/ Priviliged , Comp off.....)to be given to different levels of Employees, as per the Policies of IT Industry, ASAP.
Suggestions from any one is welcome.
Thanks,
Swapna.
From India, Hyderabad
The Info.. abt Maternity & paternity leaves, given by you is really good. Iam working in Hr Dept in a Software Company.
Can you let me know the minimum and maximum number of leaves (Casual, Sick, Earned/ Priviliged , Comp off.....)to be given to different levels of Employees, as per the Policies of IT Industry, ASAP.
Suggestions from any one is welcome.
Thanks,
Swapna.
From India, Hyderabad
Conti...
IT- Product Company and we have EL-18, CL-7 , ML-7 and three extra ordinary leave-3 days.
The maternity and Paternity leaves are as follow:
MATERNITY LEAVE
Women employees shall be entitled to Maternity Leave subject to conditions prescribed in ESI Act or Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 whichever is applicable and after completion of six months of employment.
All female employees can avail of 90 days of maternity leave for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure with the Company. Application for Maternity leave needs to be made at least 2 months prior to proceeding on leave. This application needs to be supported by a certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating the likely date of delivery. In case of miscarriage or premature delivery, upto 45 days of Maternity Leave can be availed of after the event. Application for Maternity leave should be supported by a Medical Certificate indicating the exact date of the event.
PATERNITY LEAVE
All male employees can avail of upto 3 days of paternity leave within a month of his spouse’s delivery for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure after submitting certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating date of delivery.
Hope this will help...
From India, Bangalore
IT- Product Company and we have EL-18, CL-7 , ML-7 and three extra ordinary leave-3 days.
The maternity and Paternity leaves are as follow:
MATERNITY LEAVE
Women employees shall be entitled to Maternity Leave subject to conditions prescribed in ESI Act or Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 whichever is applicable and after completion of six months of employment.
All female employees can avail of 90 days of maternity leave for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure with the Company. Application for Maternity leave needs to be made at least 2 months prior to proceeding on leave. This application needs to be supported by a certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating the likely date of delivery. In case of miscarriage or premature delivery, upto 45 days of Maternity Leave can be availed of after the event. Application for Maternity leave should be supported by a Medical Certificate indicating the exact date of the event.
PATERNITY LEAVE
All male employees can avail of upto 3 days of paternity leave within a month of his spouse’s delivery for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure after submitting certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating date of delivery.
Hope this will help...
From India, Bangalore
Conti...
IT- Product Company and we have EL-18, CL-7 , ML-7 and three extra ordinary leave-3 days.
The maternity and Paternity leaves are as follow:
MATERNITY LEAVE
Women employees shall be entitled to Maternity Leave subject to conditions prescribed in ESI Act or Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 whichever is applicable and after completion of six months of employment.
All female employees can avail of 90 days of maternity leave for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure with the Company. Application for Maternity leave needs to be made at least 2 months prior to proceeding on leave. This application needs to be supported by a certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating the likely date of delivery. In case of miscarriage or premature delivery, upto 45 days of Maternity Leave can be availed of after the event. Application for Maternity leave should be supported by a Medical Certificate indicating the exact date of the event.
PATERNITY LEAVE
All male employees can avail of upto 3 days of paternity leave within a month of his spouse’s delivery for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure after submitting certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating date of delivery.
Hope this will help...
From India, Bangalore
IT- Product Company and we have EL-18, CL-7 , ML-7 and three extra ordinary leave-3 days.
The maternity and Paternity leaves are as follow:
MATERNITY LEAVE
Women employees shall be entitled to Maternity Leave subject to conditions prescribed in ESI Act or Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 whichever is applicable and after completion of six months of employment.
All female employees can avail of 90 days of maternity leave for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure with the Company. Application for Maternity leave needs to be made at least 2 months prior to proceeding on leave. This application needs to be supported by a certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating the likely date of delivery. In case of miscarriage or premature delivery, upto 45 days of Maternity Leave can be availed of after the event. Application for Maternity leave should be supported by a Medical Certificate indicating the exact date of the event.
PATERNITY LEAVE
All male employees can avail of upto 3 days of paternity leave within a month of his spouse’s delivery for maximum 2 occasions during their tenure after submitting certificate issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner indicating date of delivery.
Hope this will help...
From India, Bangalore
- Maternity Leave :
o Maternity Leave is a statutory leave.
o Married and expecting women Employees are eligible to avail maternity leave.
o The Employee should have completed 6 months of service with the company to be eligible to avail maternity leave.
§ Entitlement:
o Maternity leave can be availed only twice during the service of the Employee.
o Maternity leave can be availed for a maximum period of 90 days.
o Unavailed maternity leave is not adjusted against the privilege leave balance of the employee or any other leave.
o The Employee will receive the full amount of salary during the period of maternity leave, this will be salary last drawn by the Employee before going on Maternity Leave.
o If the employee wants to extend the duration of leave beyond the stipulated duration, (i.e. max of 90 days), the employee may extend the leave by utilizing her entitled paid leave with prior permission of the concerned Head / Reporting Manager.
§ Process
o A written application for the maternity Leave, along with the doctor’s certificate should be submitted by the Employee at least one month prior to start of maternity leave. This application should also mention the dates and duration of the leave period as well as the joining date. The application should be forwarded to HRD after the Department. Format of application is available with HRD.
- Paternity Leave :
o Paternity Leave is a statutory leave.
o All married mail employees are eligible to avail the paternity leave.
o The Employee should have completed 6 months of service with the company to be eligible to avail paternity leave.
§ Entitlement:
o Paternity leave can be availed only twice during the service of the Employee.
o Paternity leave can be availed for a maximum period of 10 days.
o Unavailed paternity leave is not adjusted against the privilege leave balance of the employee or any other leave.
o The Employee will receive the full amount of salary during the period of paternity leave, this will be salary last drawn by the Employee before going on Paternity Leave.
o Paternity leave should be accumulated within 6 months from the date of child’s birth.
o If the employee wants to extend the duration of leave beyond the stipulated duration, (i.e. max of 10 days), the employee may extend the leave by utilizing his entitled paid leave with prior permission of the concerned Head / Reporting Manager.
§ Process
o A written application for the paternity Leave, along with the doctor’s certificate should be submitted by the Employee at least one month prior to start of paternity leave. This application should also mention the dates and duration of the leave period as well as the joining date. The application should be forwarded to HRD after the Reporting head. Format of application is available with HRD.
dear all
we all are writing what their establishment is giving leave to their employees but actually it is not right ,we should consider what law says beyond that we can extend the benifit but we can not curtail it.
all business exstablishment are covered either under factories act or shops and establishmdent act.wheter it is IT industry or any other industry we are covered under one of them.
as per factories act one el for 20 days working and cl/sl/peternity leave as per certified standing order.
maternity leave as per maternity benifit act for 12 weeks.but no act has provision for peternity leave.if anyone have any knowledgepls forward the same for forum knowledge.
tks
j s malik
From India, Delhi
we all are writing what their establishment is giving leave to their employees but actually it is not right ,we should consider what law says beyond that we can extend the benifit but we can not curtail it.
all business exstablishment are covered either under factories act or shops and establishmdent act.wheter it is IT industry or any other industry we are covered under one of them.
as per factories act one el for 20 days working and cl/sl/peternity leave as per certified standing order.
maternity leave as per maternity benifit act for 12 weeks.but no act has provision for peternity leave.if anyone have any knowledgepls forward the same for forum knowledge.
tks
j s malik
From India, Delhi
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