Paternity leave for government employees
June 10 , 2018
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- The Haryana government has announced a 15-day paternity leave to all male government employees.
- The move makes Haryana the first state to grant paternity leaves to its employees.
- In 2017, Congress MP Rajeev Satav had introduced the Paternity Benefit Bill, 2017 (a private member bill) in Parliament.
- As per the draft Paternity Benefits Bill, 2017, men will get a benefit of leave up to 30 days as paternity leave.
- At present, only the All India and Central Civil Services Rules allow Central government employees to get 15 days of paternity leave.
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