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Sikkim government will give one year of maternity leave and one-month paternity leave to its employees to help them better take care of their families and children during that period, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang announced on Wednesday...
Addressing the annual general meeting of the Sikkim State Civil Service Officers' Association (SSCSOA), CM Tamang said that changes will be made in the service rules to provide the benefit..
According to the Maternity Benefit Act 1961, a working woman is entitled to 6 months, or 26 weeks, of paid maternity leave..
The Indian Maternity Benefit Act of 1961 stipulates that new mothers are entitled to take six months or 26 weeks of paid leave for their first two children..
"Both private and public sector need to sit together to think about increasing the maternity leave of the mothers from present six months to nine months," FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) said in a statement quoting Paul..
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