Update on Maternity Benefits to the Women Employees

Maternity Benefits to the Women Employees

Government is working on an incentive Scheme of reimbursement of  07 weeks wages for entities that provide 26 weeks maternity benefits
to their woman employees as provided for in the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017. To enable an entity to avail of the incentive,
the women employees working in their entity should be a wage earner of less than Rs.15,000/- per month and a member of Employees’
Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for at least one year and not covered by Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). 

The scheme is proposed to be administered through Employees’ Provident Fund Organization and
shall be implemented after obtaining the approval of the competent authority.
 
This information was given byMinister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 24.07.2019.