I would like to know the facts about women employees who take maternity leave for 26 weeks, specifically whether they are entitled to full pay. If the female employee is covered under ESIC, ESIC will pay her gross salary for the duration of the 26 weeks. In the event that the employee chooses a private hospital/clinic for delivery, how should her pay for the 26 weeks be administered? Can someone provide a brief explanation?
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Maternity leave: Employers may get financial support
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This follows instances of employers trying to cut costs by letting go of female workers claiming maternity benefits after the leave period was increased to 26 weeks from 12 weeks. The labour ministry proposes to reimburse employers for the salaries paid for seven of the additional 14 weeks of maternity leave for female employees in the Rs 15,000 salary bracket who have been EPFO subscribers for 12 months, a senior government official told ET. This would cost the government Rs 400 crore annually.
The policy will start on a pilot basis in New Delhi and Maharashtra and be scaled up across India later. “Much on the lines of Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana, the labour ministry now plans to give fiscal incentives to employers to retain female workers availing 26 weeks of maternity leave,” the official told ET on condition of anonymity. The plan is for employers to bear half the salary payable for the additional 14 weeks of leave provided under the amended Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act.
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3Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...campaign=cppst
This follows instances of employers trying to cut costs by letting go of female workers claiming maternity benefits after the leave period was increased to 26 weeks from 12 weeks. The labour ministry proposes to reimburse employers for the salaries paid for seven of the additional 14 weeks of maternity leave for female employees in the Rs 15,000 salary bracket who have been EPFO subscribers for 12 months, a senior government official told ET. This would cost the government Rs 400 crore annually.
The policy will start on a pilot basis in New Delhi and Maharashtra and be scaled up across India later. “Much on the lines of Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana, the labour ministry now plans to give fiscal incentives to employers to retain female workers availing 26 weeks of maternity leave,” the official told ET on condition of anonymity. The plan is for employers to bear half the salary payable for the additional 14 weeks of leave provided under the amended Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act.
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Salary during the maternity leave period is the same gross salary that she was getting before proceeding on leave. In the case of ESI covered employees, she will be eligible to receive a salary at the rate of the gross salary on which she was contributing ESI. Unless otherwise referred to a private hospital, she has to seek assistance from the ESI facility itself.
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