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...