Paternity Leave Rules in India: There are no rules and regulations applicable for paternity leave in the country, so giving or not giving this leave is at the will of private companies.
Social commerce platform Meesho has made a big announcement for its employees. Under the new policy, the company will give 30 weeks of paid leave on the birth of a child. In a statement issued by Meesho, it has been said that the policy has been designed with a view to provide better experience to the employees. If a child is born at home, the company will give 30 weeks of leave to the parents who are working at home. The new policies also reflect emerging societal beliefs and work regardless of gender or sexual identities of employees, the statement said. Ensures discriminatory advantage.
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Meesho has about 1,000 employees. “The 30-week leave policy applies equally to women, men, heterosexual or same-sex couples to attend for their children,” the company said.
The company has said that if its employee is the primary caregiver of the child, then he is eligible to take leave of up to one year. In this, 30 weeks leave with full salary and 25 percent of the salary for the remaining three months will be entitled to be paid.
What is paternity leave
After delivery, men need paternity leave to take care of their wife and child. Men can take paternity leave 15 days before the delivery date or within 6 months. In this leave men get leave from office and salary is not deducted. At the same time, women get 6 months maternity leave for delivery.
The law in India on what the father will get when the child is born, what does it say?
According to Indian law, women employees can take maternity leave of 26 weeks in a company where 10 or more people work. During this time they will be given full salary. In which the first 8 weeks after the birth of the child can be taken. At the same time, a woman adopting a child can take 12 weeks of paid leave. However, many companies give paid leave to the father along with the mother. But it all depends on the companies.
There is no provision for paternity leave under the Indian labor law. However, under the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, male Government servants are entitled to paternity leave for 15 days before the delivery of the child or 6 months after the delivery.
Where does the father get a long leave when the child is born?
Finland has seven months of parental leave, while Sweden has 480 days of paid leave. Although paternity leave is not a system or law in most countries, many large companies in the world offer parental leave of four to 16 weeks.
On getting paid leave of six to seven months in some countries, he says that this is the case in Scandinavian countries (Northern Europe), because those countries are very rich. There per capita income is 12 to 20 times more than that of our country.
