A Study on Maternity Benefit and Its Effectiveness in Workplace

Abstract

Maternity Benefits are the benefits received by women during pregnancy and to promote child care. A woman must be working as an employee in an establishment for a period of at least 80 days in the past 12 months to be entitled to maternity benefit under the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act.A woman must be working as an employee in an establishment for a period of at least 80 days in the past 12 months to be entitled to maternity benefit under the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act. The objectives of the paper is to analyse the laws and schemes made for the women for a period of maternity safeguards their rights,to know about the effective implementation of laws for the welfare of women in the workplace, to analyse the main problem experienced by women during their maternity period in the workplace. The research method followed here is empirical research. 200 responses have been collected which are taken through convenient sampling with a well-structured questionnaire. The information collected are age, gender, occupation Marital status, education qualification and the variables related to maternity benefits and its effectiveness in workplace.