Tag: Maternity Benefits
30% employers don’t provide insurance cover to staff’s families
FIFA to allow 14 weeks of maternity leave to women
Labour Codes 2020: Reforms to encourage women to work
Delivery of twins to be considered as 2 deliveries for maternity...
Kerala HC says maternity benefits are applicable to contractual employees too
Companies tie up directly with hospitals to decrease medical costs in...
Celebrate the return of mother employee
A century-old real estate company Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) follows very simple practices to welcome returning mothers.
How Pinteresting! $20,000 employee benefit for surrogacy
From July 1, the company will provide a benefit of $20,000 to employees who opt for surrogacy and $5,000 to those who take the adoption route.
New maternity benefits even for those already on leave: Labour Ministry
Enhanced benefits will be applicable to the women who were already on maternity leave when the bill came into effect.
Parliament passes bill to enhance maternity leave to 26 weeks, EY...
The new maternity benefits apply for up to two surviving children.
PayPal extends parental and caregiving leave
The maternity and paternity leaves have been increased from 12 to 26 weeks and from 5 to 10 days, respectively.
L’Oréal India enhances its parental benefits policy
The new policy includes 26 weeks’ maternity leave, 12 weeks’ adoption leave, 2 weeks’ paternity leave along with some other facilities.
Genpact India increases maternity leave to 26 weeks
Genpact has announced an increase in fully paid maternity leave for its women employees in India.
AXA employees to get 16 weeks’ maternity leave
Starting 1 January, 2017, employees of all AXA entities in the world will be able to avail this facility.
Viacom18 offers 36 weeks’ paid maternity leave under WAVE
The women-friendly work-linked benefits programme includes an increase in the paid maternity leave to nine months.
Vedanta introduces new parental leave policy
Adoption leave of 12 weeks and paternity leave of one week are the new additions besides the 26 weeks of maternity leave.
Jabong initiates six months of maternity leave
The move comes ahead of the Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill expected to be tabled in the Lok Sabha later this year.
Maternity Benefits: A case of reverse feminism?
Would the amendments in the Maternity Act make professional progress smoother for females or indirectly create new roadblocks?
Maternity leave to be extended to 26 weeks
As per the proposed amendments, maternity leave for women in both the private and public sectors will be enhanced to 26 weeks from the existing 12.
Sony Pictures amends maternity policy
The modified maternity policy will not just support childbirth but also surrogacy and adoption
Women-friendly policies help Telenor double its women workforce
On an average, women comprise 3 per cent of the telecom workforce. However, at Telenor, the share of women employees has gone up to 11 per cent.
Nestlé India becomes more conducive for women employees
The FMCG player has introduced several new initiatives to promote a gender inclusive culture.
Microsoft doubles maternity leave in India
The move is aimed to boost a healthy and productive work environment as well as emotionally uplift the company’s workforce.
Maersk Group offers improved maternity benefits
The company will allow all onshore employees to work 20 per cent less at full contractual pay, for up to six months— after they return to work, post childbirth or adoption— apart from 18 weeks of maternity leave and one week of paternity leave.
Telenor joins the ‘extended maternity leave’ club
Telenor India has also adopted a six-month paid maternity leave policy, making it uniform benefits for all Telenor employees across the globe.
How inclusive is India Inc.?
India Inc. needs to address the systemic, culturally ingrained issues affecting women’s workplace experiences and career trajectories in order to be fully inclusive.