Maternity Benefit Act – Creche Facilities for Employees Ministry of Labour & Employment Creche Facilities for Employees 11 FEB 2019 The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 is enforced and implemented by the respective State Governments in all sectors except in the Mines and Circus Industries. As per the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, it has been made mandatory for the establishments employing 50 or more employees to provide creche facility, either separately or along with common facilities within a prescribed distance. Time to time, advisories are issued to State Governments for strict enforcement and compliance of the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. Government does not maintain data of defaulters centrally. Implementation of provisions relating to nursing breaks are also enforced by State Governments, except in case of mines and circus. This information was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment in writ...

Government to refund employers for seven weeks of maternity leave given to employees: WCD CRE-23/1/2018 – Creche- Part(2) Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Dated: 2nd November, 2018 Office Memorandum Subject:  National Minimum Guidelines for setting up and running creches under Maternity 8enefit Act, 2017 – Forwarding of The undersigned is directed to refer to the subject mentioned above & to say that the Ministry of Labour & Employment has notified the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 mandating that “every establishment having fifty or more employees shall have the facility of creche within such distance as may be prescribed, either separately or along with common facilities”, 2. In this regard, to enable and facilitate the employer for establishing and managing the creche facility, the Ministry of Women & Child Development has formulated the  National Minimum Guidelines for Setting Up and Run...

National Minimum Guidelines for setting up and running creches under Maternity Benefit Act, 2017 Government to refund employers for seven weeks of maternity leave given to employees: WCD The government will give employers the salaries for seven of the 26 weeks of maternity leave for women earning more than Rs 15,000 a month, the Women and Child Development ministry announced on Thursday. The announcement, which covers the government as well as the private sector, comes in the wake of complaints that many companies were reluctant hire pregnant women after maternity leave was extended from 12 to 26 weeks and some were even firing women employees. WCD Secretary Rakesh Srivastava said it has been decided to utilise the funds lying in the labour welfare cess to pay the employers. “The utilisation of the labour welfare cess lying with the state governments has been very less. After talks with the Labour Ministry it has been decided that the seven of the 26 weeks of maternity leave...