India's Landmark Maternity Bill: Getting Ready for a Working-Mother-Friendly Workplace
Abstract
The passing of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 in India is sure a landmark change to address the challenges being faced by increasing number of women workforce, especially in India where socio-cultural norm demands the working women to take care of the house as well as her work. Increasing women in workforce also does not see men partaking in unpaid care work at home. This paper uses case study approach to explore some of the working mother's best strategies and initiatives across the world vis-a-vis the new maternity benefit bill in our country, and bring forth the need to identify new areas where working-mother-friendly workplace can be nurtured in our country.
Keywords Maternity Benefit, Unpaid Care, Paternity Leave, Family Support.
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