One of my colleague at my current organization is facing this issue. She is 4 months pregnant. She joined this organization about 2 months ago. The company is denying her a maternity leave stating that she is not eligible for it as she is on probation. She plans to apply for maternity leave once she completes 8 months. By then her 6 months of probation is complete. When this was pointed out, the HR of the company said that the maternity leave in applicable only for the permanent employees. And according to them, the employee becomes permanent when they complete 6 months probation + 1 year of service.
However nothing like this is mentioned in the HR manual.
The maternity leave is applicable only for 3 months (Against the law which states the leave should be for 6 months)
It is eligible for the employees only if she has completed 180 days in the company in last 12 months. (Again, against the law. The law states that lady employee should have worked for 80 days in last 12 months.)
Kindly suggest the solution.
From India, Pune
However nothing like this is mentioned in the HR manual.
The maternity leave is applicable only for 3 months (Against the law which states the leave should be for 6 months)
It is eligible for the employees only if she has completed 180 days in the company in last 12 months. (Again, against the law. The law states that lady employee should have worked for 80 days in last 12 months.)
Kindly suggest the solution.
From India, Pune
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Maternity Leave Policy - posting.doc
Office Order regarding Maternity Leave for Contractual employee as per Amendment Act 2017.pdf