Centre Issues Advisory to State Governments/UTs to Encourage Work-from-Home for Nursing Mothers

Centre Issues Advisory to State Governments/UTs to Encourage Work-from-Home for Nursing Mothers konnivartha.com : In a latest measure taken to protect the interest of workers specifically nursing mothers at work during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has issued an advisory to all the State Governments/UTs to encourage work-from-home for nursing mothers under the enabling provision for permitting work from home for nursing mothers under the Section 5(5) of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017. The Act provides that where the nature of work assigned to a woman is of…

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