Hi. I worked as HR in retail industries for 1+ yrs and now searching for a job. In an interview I was asked this question.\"If an employee avails maternity benefit from the company and unfortunately it happened to be a miscarriage, then what will be the action t...

Any leave as per the MB Act cannot be included with regular leaves, it is altogether different from other leaves available in her credit.

Dear Verghese Mathew,You are right, I missed the definition.Accordingly miscarriage to entitle a woman for leave under the Act shall occur during the period prior to or during the twenty sixth week of pregnancy. Thanks for bringing this to my notice..B.Saikumar

Dear all, I have one doubt and to clear that I am writing1. One of my employees got miscarriage in 2015 and availed 6 weeks ML in the year 2015.2. Then she again conceived and availed ML after child delivery of 12 weeks in 2016.3. Now she gave birth on 28 May 20...

Pallavi what dont you (i mean the management) settle the matter by paying her what was due to her (release her salary and all withheld payments)?Why take the trouble of going to the court etc. its sheer waste of time, money, energy and mental peace. Company has ...

Dear Praveen,(1) As per the amendment effective from 01-04-2017 the maximum duration of maternity benefit or leave u/s 5(3) of the Maternity Benefit Act,1961 is 26 weeks which can be availed of by the employee in a single spell of entire 26 weeks post delivery o...

I have 7 months work experience in an organisation and I wanted to know, Is there any rule in ESI that my experience should be more than 9 months to get Esi benefit of 42 days leave with encashment and expenditure reimbursement for miscarriage? It was an emergen...

Dear Mr. kumar,we have called her but unfortunately phones are not reachable and showing out of coverage area.yes i can understand that as employee we should ask them but their behaviour shows the intention as on sudden basis they drop a mail and gone, without c...

Hi Seniors,Has the maternity benefit act extended the maternity leave to 26 weeks from 12 weeks? i think rajya sabha passed the bill on 10th August 2016 but its not approved yet??If not, what is the current stipulated maternity leave? Is there a provision of mis...

Hi All!Warm regards.We are in the midst of updating HR Policies and there is a Policy related to "Maternity Benefits". While going through the Maternity Benefit Act, I came across a clause which mentions about Miscarriage and leaves to be allowed in case of Misc...