[30min’ greytribe LIVE] on “Maternity Leave and Benefits; solutions, answers & clarifications”; 5:00PM to 5:30PM, 30th June 2022

General Discussions
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Hello Soyirindhi,

Please guide:-

Will the employee be able to use the allocated paid sick leave and/or earned leave immediately following their paid time off?

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Maternity benefit rate is 100% of average daily wages.

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Yes, they can take any other categories of paid leave or sick leaves if the organization has a policy.

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Hi There,

Are the employees entitled to bonus and incentives for the duration of maternity leave?

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Yes, employees are entitled to bonus and incentives. there should be no discrimination to women employees because of maternity, adoption leaves etc.

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Hi, if the company is unable to pay maternity benefits. Is that advisable, if the company advises its women employee to resign the job for maternity period and join again after 3 or 6 months as an new employee? Will that be ok?

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Thank you so much Ms. Soyirindhi Hore.

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Thanks for the session arranged. It was very useful.

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If you can voluntarily convince the employee to join early and give her benefits and ease of working. It won’t overpass the maternity act if the employee joins back early. If I think this legally.

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Hi,

this was not answered can anyone help me on this.

i had raised this request earlier but there was no response on my query

I had a query regarding one benefit, ESi maternity benefit. if the employee goes through Esi the employee will be paid the salary from ESI. what about the employee who has Insurance benefit how will they get salary all through there maternity leave.

Thanks and Regards
Shruthi

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Hi, thanks for your clarification.

Can you advise on the eligibility to avail these maternity benefits?

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Hi Shruti,

I presume you are referring to employees covered under Group Mediclaim Insurance. Please note that Mediclaim insurance is not a substitute for ESI. While for employees covered under ESI, the maternity benefit is paid by ESIC, for non-ESI employees, the Company is liable to pay the Maternity Benefit (full salary) to employees during the period of Maternity leave. There is no other option available to employers.

Regards
deepa

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The employee who come under the ambit of ESI maternity benefit, will be paid as per the ESI rules.

If the employee do not fall in this bracket, she is entitled for the claim under the Maternity Benefit Act.

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The female employee has to be working for 80 days in the same company before asking for maternity leave. And no other constraint or eligibility needed.