{"id":129781,"date":"2017-05-09T11:43:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=129781"},"modified":"2017-05-09T11:43:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:13:30","slug":"benefit-of-enhanced-maternity-leave-to-be-extended-to-women-workers-already-on-maternity-leave-on-date-of-enforcement-of-maternity-benefit-amendment-act-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/05\/09\/benefit-of-enhanced-maternity-leave-to-be-extended-to-women-workers-already-on-maternity-leave-on-date-of-enforcement-of-maternity-benefit-amendment-act-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefit of enhanced maternity leave to be extended to women workers already on maternity leave on date of enforcement of Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ministry\" class=\"mddiv\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Government has notified the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 on 28th March, 2017 and the provisions of the Amendment Act have come into force with effect from 1st April, 2017, except those relating to cr\u00e8che facility [Section 4(1)] which would come into force from 01.07.2017. \u00a0Keeping in view queries received from various quarters, the Ministry of Labour &amp; Employment, on 12.04.2017, had issued certain clarifications on various provisions of Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017. 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