hello, respected Mr. R. N. Khola, I need urgent advice of urs,
i m a doctor and working in one of delhi govt hospitals on adhoc basis, my contract is of 89 days and is renewed after break of one day, i m working in hospital from 31st october 08 and twice my contract has been renewed d latest extention is till 26th july 09. i m pregnant and is my expected date of delivery is 25 july 09, am i eligible for d maternity benefit leave under d maternity benefit act 1961? (As my last working day is 26th july 09 according to current extention order) i want to avail maternity leave from 25th june 09( at this date i will be working for this hospital from approx. 8 months in d preceding 12 months), can it be possible? if i m eligible, how will it be materialised? currently d administration is providing maternity paid leave to adhoc employee, only if she has her due date with in her extention period eg. currently a nurse delivered a baby while she had 2 months left in her current extention period, so they gave her 2 months paid leave, but now she will hv to join n work. my case is worse as my due date is 25th july09 and my last working day is on 26th july09 so according to administration i wont be getting any leave, in such a case what shd i do, plz guide me, i need urgent help n guidance of urs. i will be much obliged.
thank u in anticipation