Maternity Benefits & Disability Act

Maternity Benefit (Amendment Act) , 2017 receives Presidential assent

04/11/2017

In a Corrigendum issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment (“Ministry”) on 3rd April, 2017, the Ministry has rectified the earlier notification S.O. 1026(E) dated 31st March, 2017(reported in the trail mail)  stating that Section 4 (1) of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 (“Amendment Act”)  will come into effect from 1st July,2017 and not the provision w.r.t the option to work from home [Section 3(5)].