New moms can work at home, after the end of maternity leave go

Women in the private sector work, especially in the industry of information technology can work to go home after the birth of the child, as soon as they can exhaust their motherhood when their employers allow.

The proposed amendment of the law on maternity benefits 1961 - that Parliament is expected to take this week - employers, employees enable a while after the birth of the child to work from home.

"We are not mandatory for employers new mothers to allow working from home. It's the employer to decide to. In addition, the period to be in the women able to work at home, by employers be decided and vary one company to another, "said a Ministry of Labour officials of the Union.

The bill aims also to increase maternity leave to six months and half of the current three months private work and six months of civil service.

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Victims of harassment or discrimination in the workplace after the birth of a child marks a global phenomenon in many reports women. In 2015 was equality in the United Kingdom and the Commission on Human Rights that the United Kingdom, almost 54,000 new mothers leave their jobs each year because they "mistreated" "redundant mandatory" or made "redundant".

There were assessed no studies in India to carry out the extent of discrimination against working women, especially young mothers.

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First, the bill recognizes the need for women who take or use a substitute to connect with their children and offers three months of maternity leave for them.

It also makes mandatory for farms with at least 30 women, or 50 employees, whichever is less, to provide childcare available, either in the office or in the radius of 500 meters.

If the project is approved, India is one of the 40 countries in the world where the license for 18 weeks. Convention on the protection of the International Labour Organisation requires a minimum of 14 weeks of maternity benefits, but recommends 18 weeks.