Maternity leave

Maternity Insurance

The following statutory provisions exist in the area of maternity benefits The Mines Maternity Benefit Act, 1941 the West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958 the West Pakistan Maternity Benefits Rules, 1965 and the Provincial Employees Social Security Ordinance, 1965.

Protection of maternity and prevention of discrimination against women based on maternity

Women are entitled to maternity insurance, which includes a hospitalization grant, a maternity grant, a birth allowance and a maternity leave allowance.

Maternity Leave Entitlements

9.2.2 Maternity leave

The West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958. The West Pakistan Maternity Benefits Rules, 1961.

Pregnancy and Maternity Leave

Maternity and paternity leave

The law recognizes the importance of maternity as a social function and provides generous maternity provisions.

Nicaraguan legislation includes maternity protection.

Special measures to protect maternity

Convention No. 3 Maternity benefits.

In 2003, 15,900 women were absent due to maternity leave.

Special Measures Aimed at Protecting Maternity

Special Measures to Protect Maternity (4.2)

Rule 106.3 Maternity and paternity leave

Rule 206.7 Maternity and paternity leave

Maternity leave cannot be distributed between parents.

14 neighbourhood maternity homes, 4 maternity reference units and 3 specialized centres (tuberculosis centre, leprosy centre and reproductive health centre at Niamey)

Protecting maternity and facilitating workers with family responsibilities

In cases of pregnancy and maternity complications, the compensation is 100 per cent.

Maternity in the Republic of Tajikistan is encouraged and protected by the State.

The number of obstetric wards (maternity hospitals) has remained unchanged (19 in total).

Women employees in the public sector are entitled to 90 days maternity leave.

Cash benefits for maternity are also paid to all working mothers who are not entitled to maternity benefits from an insurance fund or are uninsured.

Working women received special care during maternity and in retirement, and Viet Nam was one of the countries that allowed a longer period of maternity leave than the minimum stipulated by ILO.

Pre Post Natal Services Delivery Rooms and Maternity Wards

Women workers are of course entitled to maternity benefits.

1 maternity home for 24,505 women of childbearing age

In 2003, 142,000 women received maternity grants, a 6 increase from the 2002 figures.

Special and fairly generous provisions in the relevant laws exist for maternity leave etc.

11.20 The Public Service Staff Manual is more specific in its provisions for maternity leave and states that a female permanent officer shall be entitled to 12 weeks maternity leave on full pay.

An example is the Ordinance amending the Mines Maternity Benefits Act, 1941 in order to increase the rate of maternity benefit to the rate equivalent to the last pay drawn by the worker.

Indeed the provisions relating to maternity leave are quite generous.

She is not likely to get any maternity benefits etc.

Two new pieces of legislation address the issue of maternity.

Women employees in the informal sector do not have a statutory right to maternity leave.

They are entitled to a maternity allowance that is payable in three segments (article 29).

Paid maternity leave is available to many Australian women employees, particularly in the public sector.

The Gambia was well ahead of the developed world when it came to maternity leave for many years pregnant women had benefited from three months' paid maternity leave.

2.11 Whilst the Employment Act contains generous maternity provisions, many employers in the private sector continue to disregard these provisions and discriminate against women on the grounds of maternity as will be discussed in Articles 4 and 11.

The Catholic Church also runs a maternity hospital and a general hospital in Irbid in northern Jordan.

A major legal development was the expansion, in 2004 of the Employment of Women Law (Temporary Provision) of 1998, granting men the privilege to share maternity leave with their wives and the eligibility for maternity leave allowance, provided their wife waives the privilege for the remainder of the maternity leave and returns to work.