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After 2008, 'Maternity Benefit Act' received fresh Presidential assent on 27 March 2017 and came in force from April 1st, 2017 with options of 'Work from Home' & 'Visiting her kid 4 times a day' : Tripura Govt Women Employees again fooled
TIWN Dec 17, 2017
After 2008, 'Maternity Benefit Act' received fresh Presidential assent on 27 March 2017 and came in force from April 1st, 2017 with options of 'Work from Home' &  'Visiting her kid 4 times a  day' : Tripura Govt Women Employees again fooled
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AGARTALA, Dec 17 (TIWN): Tripura's State Govt Women Employees not only lack awareness but state govt has successfully kept them under dark about many facts. It's known that since 2008 the maternity benefit was implemented for women govt employees by the Govt of India which has been implemented by Tripura Govt after long delays of 10 years, but in 2017 also the maternal benefit had received fresh Presidential assent on 27th March, 2017 and came in force from April 1st. The new act has various more faculties which offers a woman to visit her kid for 4 times a day and also leave pays were hiked along with work from home options.

But CPI-M's unending celebrations and bluffs of breakthrough decision is being continued through various rallies and social media tools.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India ("Ministry of Labour") vide Official Gazette notification dated 31 March 2017 has appointed 1 April 2017 as the date on which the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017 ("MB Amendment Act") has come into force. However, the relevant provision on the "work from home" option will come into effect from 1 July 2017.

The MB Amendment Act had received Presidential assent on 27 March 2017 and was published in the Official Gazette on 28 March 2017.

The MB Amendment Act regulates paid maternity leave entitlement and other related benefits for women employed in factories, mines and shops or commercial establishments employing 10 or more employees. 

For ready reference, we have summarised below key amendments introduced in the MB Amendment Act:

Increased Paid Maternity Leave: The MB Amendment Act has increased the duration of paid maternity leave available for women employees from the existing 12 weeks to 26 weeks.  Under the MB Amendment Act, this benefit could be availed by women for a period extending up to 8 weeks before the expected delivery date and remaining 18 weeks can be availed post childbirth. For women who are expecting after having 2 children, the duration of paid maternity leave shall be 12 weeks (i.e., 6 weeks pre and 6 weeks post expected date of delivery).

Maternity leave for adoptive and commissioning mothers: The MB Amendment Act extends certain benefits to adoptive mothers as well and provides that every woman who adopts a child shall be entitled to 12 weeks of maternity leave, from the date of adoption.

Work from Home option1: The MB Amendment Act has also introduced an enabling provision relating to "work from home" for women, which may be exercised after the expiry of the 26 weeks' leave period. Depending upon the nature of work, women employees may be able to avail this benefit on terms that are mutually agreed with the employer.

Crèche facility: The MB Amendment Act makes crèche facility mandatory for every establishment employing 50 or more employees. Women employees would be permitted to visit the crèche 4 times during the day.

Employee awareness: The MB Amendment Act makes it mandatory for employers to educate women about the maternity benefits available to them at the time of their appointment.

 The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2017,an amendment to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, was passed in Lok Sabha on March 09, 2017 , in Rajya Sabha on August 11, 2016 and received an assent from President of India on March 27,2017.

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