Maternity leave is a statutory leave

· The expecting women employees are eligible to avail maternity leave,

· Employee should have completed a minimum of 80 days of service to be eligible for maternity leave,

· If you are on probation, you are entitled to avail maternity leave, subject to fulfillment of the above mentioned conditions.

Entitlement under Maternity Benefit Act

· Paid maternity leave entitles is for 3 months or 90 days (although as per the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, a women employee is eligible for 12 weeks or 84 days of leave).She can avail a maternity leave of 12 weeks depending on your pre / post-delivery requirement. Full salary is payable during first 3 months of maternity leave.

Process in applying maternity leave

· You need to inform your supervisor that you will be preceding on maternity leave atleast 3 months before the date of delivery date.