Women working in the private sector, especially those in the information technology industry, may get to work from home after child birth once they exhaust their maternity leave, if their employers allow it.
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The bill is aimed at improving road safety in the country and proposes to increase penalties against traffic violations as a deterrent measure. At present, the Maternity Benefit Act does not provide any maternity leave for commissioning or adopting mothers.
Tucker points to studies that show women who are entitled to paid maternity leave are more likely to be employed, and less likely to be on government assistance 12-months after giving birth.
Introducing the Bill, Gadkari said some 1.5 lakh road accidents took place daily and appealed for early passage of the Bill by the Lok Sabha so that it could be moved to the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing session, which ends this Friday.
The Union cabinet had approved the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 last week to address the issue of road safety and improve the processes for citizens while dealing with transport departments.
To ensure higher compensation to employees in case of industrial accidents, the Lok Sabha Tuesday passed the Employees Compensation (Amendment) Act 2016 by voice vote. The bill was pending since December 2012.
Dattatreya said bill was not against the interests of labour as the worldwide labour Organisation has prescribed the upper limit of 144 hours.
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While there is already a provision of 26-week or 6-month maternity leave for the government employees, most private sector firms offer maximum three months of such leave. The Bill also treats transgenders on a par with other workers without any discrimination against them.
