Tamil Nadu Human Resources Management Minister D Sarathkumar announced in the state Assembly on August 18 that women government employees will now receive 365 days of maternity leave for their third child up from 12 weeks, bringing it at par with the first two children. The decision follows Tamil Nadu's Total Fertility Rate falling below 1.4, well under the replacement level of 2.1.
Read Full ArticleMadras HC holds a woman government employee is entitled to only twelve weeks' maternity leave for a third child under amended FR 101(A), following the Supreme Court's Umadevi ruling.
Chhattisgarh High Court rules adoptive mothers entitled to 180 days leave, declaring right to motherhood as a fundamental constitutional right.
Rajasthan High Court rules 180 days of maternity leave as a fundamental right, directing RSRTC to comply and urging changes for private sector employers.
"The mother's constant proximity to the child has been scientifically proven to be absolutely irreplaceable, which is why, among other things, maternity leave provisions are now internationally accepted," it further added. Kerala high court, Kerala high court order, Kerala high court judgement, Kerala high court chief justice, Motherhood and Career
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