NEW DELHI: Women working in the private sector, especially those in the information technology industry, may get to work from home after child birth once they exhaust their maternity leave, if their employers allow it.
The proposed amendment to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 — which Parliament is likely to take up this week — encourages employers to permit women employees to work from home for some time after child birth.
“We are not making it mandatory for employers to allow new mothers to work from home. It will be up to the employers to decide. Also, the duration for which women should be allowed to work from home will have to be decided by the employers and may vary from company to company,” said a senior Union labour ministry official.