MATERNITY BENEFIT FOR CONTRACTUAL WORKWOMEN AND FIXED TERM CONSULTANTS- APPLICABILITY AND THE NUANCE OF EXTENDED TENURE TO ENSURE BENEFITS.
MATERNITY BENEFIT FOR CONTRACTUAL WORKWOMEN AND FIXED TERM CONSULTANTS- APPLICABILITY AND THE NUANCE OF EXTENDED TENURE TO ENSURE BENEFITS. MATERNITY BENEFITS ACT, 1961 (The Act) – Object of – To safeguard employment of women for the period before and after the birth of a child. An Act to regulate the employment of women in certain establishments for certain periods before and after child-birth and to provide for maternity benefit and certain other benefits. The benefits under this law certainly should be available to all woman who are employed in any establishment and includes women who are employed on contractual, casual, fixed term including consultant, as the definition of woman, under section 2(0) of the Act means a woman employed, whether directly or through any agency, for wages in any establishment . However, neither the woman employee is made aware nor many industry fulfil this obligation, especially when the woman happens to be a contractual, fixed term or c