A major limb of an inclusive and diverse workplace movement is the drive towards creating policies that encourage more women to enter and continue to be a part of the workforce. Over the years, some companies have been taking initiatives to give their employees maternity benefits beyond what has been mandated by law. While there are challenges ahead, our findings in this report show reason to be optimistic as well. The measures taken by some employers to create well-thought out policies and government proposals in the pipeline are a testament to the increasing importance of maternity benefit as a workplace policy.
New-age benefits, such as, adoption leave, paternity leave, surrogacy leave, leave for availing fertility treatments and flexible working find no reference under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
Findings showed that firms which offered additional maternity leave and creative benefits, actually saw demonstrable results in the form of increased return to work post-maternity and greater employee retention.
The Maharashtra government recently introduced 180 days of surrogacy leave for its employees (government resolution dated 20 Jan 2016).
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