The Maternity Act Amendment: Road Less Travelled
Maternity Act Amendment As per the proposed amendments in the Maternity Benefit Act, maternity leaves for women working in both private and public sector will be enhanced to 26 weeks as against the existing 12 weeks. However, those women employees who already have two...
#atypical homemaker
#typical homemaker: Her day starts even before the mighty sun illuminates the earth and even before the mother hen fetches the first morsel of food for her chick. For a typical homemaker day starts with packing lunch boxes, laying breakfast, dropping kids to bus...
The Pirelli Calendar, 2016 – From skin shows to “sheros”
The Pirelli Calendar, 2016 – From skin shows to “sheros” Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shared an interesting nugget — female income worldwide totalled $18 trillion in 2014. Antonio Achille, partner and managing director, BCG, calls it “an enormous...
Maternity Policy: Good move and Unanswered Questions
In a welcome move, the Centre has announced that maternity leave in private sectors will be increased to 26 weeks from the stipulated 12 weeks. According to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 female workers are entitled to a maximum of 12 weeks (84 days) of maternity...
