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After government, private corporates too look forward to increase maternity leaves

Several CEOs want to create flexible work policies, which would ease the transition of women employ…

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Maternity leave might be extended to 26 weeks, work from home option to be included

Other than that, it also asks for providing 12 weeks of maternity leave to commissioning mothers, w…

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Maternity Bill passed in Rajya Sabha; 26 weeks of paid leave for working women

The bill also enables "work from home" option for nursing mothers in case their job profiles allow.…

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Noble step by Flipkart to increase adoption rates in the country

Flipkart took this decision to increase India’s adoption rates which have been dismal though In…

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France wants to expand paid paternity leave to 28 days and make taking some of it mandatory

France currently offers new fathers 14 paid days off after a baby is born and the president would l…

Eleanor Goldberg Fox   


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Indian companies aren’t hiring women to avoid ‘maternity leave’ liability: Study

For obvious reasons, the employers are more concerned about the cost implications this ‘in…

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Intuit India to give extended parental benefits to its employees

It has announced a range of benefits for employees who are in the early weeks of parenthood, after …

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One chart shows why more companies should invest in paid parental leave

A growing body of research indicates that employees with better benefits stay at companies longer a…

Marguerite Ward   


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How govt, private companies can come to the rescue of pregnant women employees

So what if she is subjected to the same pressure or more at work as her husband, the Indian patriar…

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This is what Vodafone India did to cheer its women employees

“The extended maternity leave and only 30 hour work week for 6 months will help returning mothers t…

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Tata Teleservices to offer six-month maternity leave to attract more women to its workforce

"We are committed to promoting gender diversity and increasing the number of women employees," said…

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Five Tips To Be Financially Prepared Before The Arrival Of Your First Born

There is nothing in the world that comes close to the joy of becoming parents for the very first ti…

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A turning point for Indian women: Soon 6.5 months of paid maternity leave

If the proposal gets accepted, mothers who use surrogates to bear a child and women who adopt a bab…

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The Indian government is testing a programme to subsidise maternity leave at companies

In fact, the labour ministry has been made aware of a trend of female employees being asked…

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I had a difficult pregnancy and complications afterward — and my options for maternity leave made everything far worse

"The whole time I was trying to heal and learn about motherhood, the acknowledgement I'd signed was…

Jacquelynn Kerubo   


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A friend called her maternity leave a 'holiday.' It made her realize just how much she got wrong about it, too.

"I was thinking to myself the first week: Oh my God, this is true physical labor," Samira Shihab, a…

Shubhangi Goel   


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A Georgia state employee wore a fake pregnancy belly to get paid maternity leave, according to officials

Robin Folsom was indicted for faking multiple pregnancies in order to qualify for paid leave, Georg…

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