Maternity Leave Rules & Maternity Benefits

 Maternity Leave Rules & Maternity Benefits

✅ Maternity Leave 180 Days for Women Employees:

◾Employees, Teachers Maternity Leave Pregnancy Leave for Govt Employees 180 Days with Full pay Complete.

Concept: Leave granted to female married Govt. servant having less than 2 surviving children.

• (G.O.Ms.No.348,F&P(FWFR.I), Dt.05.11.77)

• (G.O.Ms.No.219,F&P(FWFR.I), Dt.25.06.84)

• (G.O.Ms.No.38, F&P, Dt.18.06.92)

Authority: F.R. 101

Admissibility: Temp. / Permanent

Period: 180 days (G.O.Ms.No.152,Fin(FR.I),Dt.04.05.2010)

Availment: (prior to the date of delivery) or after delivery , Can be combined with other leave with MC

Leave Salary: Full Pay + All allowances

Sanctioning Authority: H.O.O./ as delegated 

Increments during Maternity Leave:

(Lr.No.853/FR-2/2012 Finance Dated 22.1.2013)

As per the Letter the Director of School Education has clarified that the clarification given in the Memo.49463-A/2111/FR.III/74-1, Dated 6.10.1974 of Finance Department should be followed in terms of awarding Increments while in Maternity Leave also.

An Employee during leave, draws leave salary and not duty pay. An increment accruing during the leave cannot, therefore, be drawn during leave. The increment in such cases will be drawn from the date of resumption of duty on return from leave. As the Maternity leave is on par with E.L. the clarification shall apply in case of Maternity Leave also.

Maternity Leave 180 Days to State Govt. women employees:

(G.O.152, Dated: 04.05.2010)

Government accepted the recommendations of the PRC 2010 and ordered that the Maternity leave on full pay to married women employees of State Government is enhanced from 120 days to 180 days on par with the employees of the Govt. of India subject to the condition that it shall be granted to those with less than two surviving children only.

Maternity Leave Rules during summer vacation:

(G.O.Ms.No. 463, Dated: 04.05.1979)

The government after careful consideration direct that the female teachers working in educational institutions under local bodies i.e., Zilla parishads, Panchayat Samithis and Municipal Councils and Aided Managements, shall also be granted Maternity Leave for a period of 90 days from the date of its commencement the period being regulated as follows;

If it falls during the working period of the school year, 90 days may be sanctioned as Maternity Leave.

If it falls during the vacation period 90 days leave may be granted subject to the condition that after enjoying the vacation the residuary period if any , shall be treated as Maternity Leave subject to a maximum of 3 months.

Maternity Leave upto two children irrespective of the No. of children born in the 2nd confinement:

(G.O.38, Dated: 18.06.1992 and G.O.37, Dated: 26.02.1996)

As per GO.38 Govt has ordered that the Maternity Leave in cases of confinement shall be granted to female government servant with less than two children.

As per GO.37 Govt has clarified that "If only one child born out of earlier deliveries, is alive the female Government servant is eligible for the grant of Maternity Leave for subsequent confinement. It is, therefore clarified that irrespective of the facts that whether a single child was born or Twins were born on the second or subsequent confinements a female Government servant shall be eligible for the grant of Maternity Leave, if only one child born earlier - is alive.

Maternity Benefits

Maternity Benefit is payable to an Insured Woman in the following cases subject to contributory conditions:-

• Maternity Benefit is payable for a maximum period of 26 weeks up to 2 surviving children in case of confinement of which not more than 8 weeks shall precede the expected date of confinement, on the production of form 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21.

• The insured woman having two or more than two surviving children shall be entitled to receive maternity benefits during a period of twelve weeks of which is not more than six weeks shall precede the expected date of confinement.

• The commissioning mother or adopting mother shall be entitled to twelve weeks of maternity benefit from the date the child is handed over.

• Miscarriage or Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)-payable for 6 weeks (42 days) from the date following miscarriage.

• Sickness arising out of Pregnancy, Confinement, Premature birth-payable for a period not exceeding one month on the basis of Forms 7, 8, 9 and 10.

• In the event of the death of the Insured Woman during confinement leaving behind a child, Maternity Benefit is payable to her nominee on production of Form 21.

• Maternity benefit rate is 100% of average daily wages.