{"id":103,"date":"2019-11-18T05:47:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T05:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=103"},"modified":"2020-01-23T04:57:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T04:57:22","slug":"the-maternity-benefit-act-1961","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/ufaqs\/the-maternity-benefit-act-1961\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Applies to:<\/strong> \u2002Factory, Mine, Plantation, Shop, Establishment etc. In Kerala irrespective of the number of  employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong>\u2002Should have worked at least 80 days in the establishment in the preceding 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Employer prohibited to employ a woman:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; During 6 weeks following\nthe day of her delivery\/miscarriage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; For any work which is of\nan arduous nature or involves long hours of standing or <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; is likely to interfere\nwith her pregnancy or the normal development of her foetus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; Which is likely to cause\nher miscarriage or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; Adversely affect her\nhealth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; 26 weeks full salary. If\nalready having two surviving children benefit only for 12 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; For miscarriage 42 days\nfull salary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; 12 weeks full wages &#8211; who\nadopts a child below the age of 3 months, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; To the Commissioning\nMother- from the date the child is handed over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; 14 days full wages for\nfamily planning operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; Medical Bonus: Rs. 3500\/-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Creche Facility:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; To provide by the\nestablishment having 50 or more employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; Employer shall allow 4\nvisits a day to the creche by the women employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Employer to intimate in writing and\nelectronically to every woman at the time of her appointment regarding every\navailable benefit under the Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applies to: \u2002Factory, Mine, Plantation, Shop, Establishment etc. In Kerala irrespective of the number of employees Eligibility:\u2002Should have worked at least 80 days in the establishment in the preceding 12 months. Employer prohibited to employ a woman: \u2022&nbsp; During 6 weeks following the day of her delivery\/miscarriage \u2022&nbsp; For any work which is of an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[5],"ufaq-tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-category?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normsmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-tag?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}