# Employee Leaves in situation of Miscarriage

**URL:** <https://community.greythr.com/t/employee-leaves-in-situation-of-miscarriage/1549>\
**Category:** Leave\
**Tags:** leaveapply, maternity, miscarriage, women, maternityleave, employeebenefits\
**Created:** [December 21, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/employee-leaves-in-situation-of-miscarriage/1549 "2020-12-21T09:56:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MadhuPR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MadhuPR](https://community.greythr.com/u/MadhuPR)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/employee-leaves-in-situation-of-miscarriage/1549/1 "2020-12-21T09:56:02Z")

</div>

Hi All,

A woman is entitled to leave with wages for miscarriage.

1. What category leaves do those come under? What is the maximum duration?
2. Can those leaves be extended ?

Please suggest.

Thanks.  
Madhu

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Arpana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Arpana](https://community.greythr.com/u/Arpana)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/employee-leaves-in-situation-of-miscarriage/1549/2 "2020-12-21T10:17:06Z")

</div>

HI Madhu,

Yes a female employee is entitled for Leave with wages in case of Miscarriage.

1. You can show these leaves under Maternity Leaves on the grounds of Miscarriage. Duration will be for 3 months.
2. This can be extended on mutual consent with LOP.

I hope this is information will be helpful.

Regards  
Arpana

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dinesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Dinesh](https://community.greythr.com/u/Dinesh)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/employee-leaves-in-situation-of-miscarriage/1549/3 "2020-12-22T04:33:36Z")

</div>

Hi @MadhuPR

Agree with @Arpana.

Miscarriage _(the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but does not include any_  
_miscarriage the causing of which ins punishable under the Indian Penal Code_) is considered to be a maternity leave, and hence leaves to be given for an employee.

To be eligible to avail of miscarriage leave, a woman must have worked at least 80 days in an organization over a period of one year before a miscarriage.

In case of miscarriage, a woman shall, on production of such proof as may be prescribed, be entitled to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit for a period of six weeks immediately following the day of her miscarriage.

As per the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017, a company is not entitled to give any of the above benefits, but what they offer depends from company to company. If a woman does ask for it and the company can afford it, they are liable to offer her the services she has asked for.