Maternity Benefits
Maternity Welfare Benefits Laws And Implementation
Maternity Welfare:
Every woman shall be entitled to, and her employer shall be liable for, the payment of maternity benefit, which is the amount payable to her at the rate of the average daily wage for the period of her actual absence.
MATERNITY LEAVE POLICIES IN BNGLADESH:
The Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006
Chapter - 4
Maternity Welfare Facilities
Section: 45. Prohibition of woman workers prohibited in certain cases.- (1) No employer shall knowingly employ a woman in his establishment during the eight weeks immediately following the day of her delivery .
(2) No woman shall work in any establishment during the eight weeks immediately following the day of her delivery.
(3) No employer shall employ a woman for doing any work which is of an arduous nature or which involves long hours of standing or which is likely to adversely affect her-
a if she has reason to believe or if she has informed him that she is likely to ne delivered of a child within ten weeks; b if she has to the knowledge of the employer been delivered of a child within the preceding ten weeks;
Provided that in the case of a tea plantation worker she may undertake light work in the plantation for so long as the medical practitioner of the concerned tea plantation certifies that she is physically fit to do so; and for the days that she does such work, she shall be paid at the prevailing rate of wages for such work, and such wages shall be paid to her in addition to the maternity benefit.
Section: 46.Right to, and liability for, payment of maternity benefit- (1) Every woman employed in an establishment shall be entitled to, and her employer shall be liable for, the payment of maternity benefit in respect of the period of eight weeks preceding the expected day of her delivery and eight weeks immediately following the day of her delivery;
Provided that a woman shall not be entitled to such maternity benefit unless
Maternity Welfare:
Every woman shall be entitled to, and her employer shall be liable for, the payment of maternity benefit, which is the amount payable to her at the rate of the average daily wage for the period of her actual absence.
MATERNITY LEAVE POLICIES IN BNGLADESH:
The Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006
Chapter - 4
Maternity Welfare Facilities
Section: 45. Prohibition of woman workers prohibited in certain cases.- (1) No employer shall knowingly employ a woman in his establishment during the eight weeks immediately following the day of her delivery .
(2) No woman shall work in any establishment during the eight weeks immediately following the day of her delivery.
(3) No employer shall employ a woman for doing any work which is of an arduous nature or which involves long hours of standing or which is likely to adversely affect her-
a if she has reason to believe or if she has informed him that she is likely to ne delivered of a child within ten weeks; b if she has to the knowledge of the employer been delivered of a child within the preceding ten weeks;
Provided that in the case of a tea plantation worker she may undertake light work in the plantation for so long as the medical practitioner of the concerned tea plantation certifies that she is physically fit to do so; and for the days that she does such work, she shall be paid at the prevailing rate of wages for such work, and such wages shall be paid to her in addition to the maternity benefit.
Section: 46.Right to, and liability for, payment of maternity benefit- (1) Every woman employed in an establishment shall be entitled to, and her employer shall be liable for, the payment of maternity benefit in respect of the period of eight weeks preceding the expected day of her delivery and eight weeks immediately following the day of her delivery;
Provided that a woman shall not be entitled to such maternity benefit unless