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Maternity Benefits in Private Sector - Kerala
October 18 , 2019
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- Kerala has become the first state to bring private schools and colleges under the ambit of the Maternity Benefit Act.
- The Union Government has recently given approval for the state cabinet decision to bring employees in the private educational sector including those working in the unaided sector, under the ambit of the act.
About the Act
- It provides protection to women during the time of maternity.
- It also gives women the cover of maternity benefit — to be absent from work without loss of pay while taking care of the child.
- The original Act of 1961 authorises women paid leave of 12 weeks.
- The amendment in 2017 extended it to 26 weeks.
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