Maha Govt brings pleasant happiness for its employees! Parents to get 180 days of paid leave

NewsBharati    05-Jul-2018
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Mumbai, July 5: To all those parents who balance their personal and professional lives on the edges, balancing long working hours and taking care of their young ones can be quite a challenge. While most of you, try to find feasible solutions and make the situation work, there are quite a few who dislike being away from their children for an entire day but do not have an option.

 

Paying undue attention to your difficulties of parents, the Maharashtra government has decided to grant their employees, who are parents of children below the age of 18 years with 180 days of paid leave!

Though the primary focus of this initiative is mothers, the government has also extended it to single fathers whose wives have passed away. Sudhir Mungantiwar, the Cabinet Minister of Finance & Planning and Forest departments in Maharashtra confirmed that the state government approved the “special child care leave proposal” on Tuesday, 3 June 2018. He further said, “The cabinet decision confined to government employees was taken to enable better parenting.”

He further added that at present, women employees can avail 180 days maternity leave twice since this leave can be taken by women with two children. A mother or a widower father can avail the special child care leave until their child and children are 18 years of age. Parents have an option of availing the leave in one stretch or in gaps.