Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017?
- 1.Pregnant women are entitled for three months pre-delivery and three months post-delivery paid leave.
- 2.Enterprises with crèches must allow the mother minimum six crèche visits daily.
- 3.Women with two children get reduced entitlements.
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Answer: C. Statement 1 is wrong: the 2017 Act gives 26 weeks of paid leave, of which up to 8 weeks can be before delivery. Statement 2 is wrong: Section 11A allows four crèche visits a day, not six. Statement 3 is correct: a woman with two or more surviving children gets 12 weeks instead of 26. So 3 only.
Watch for: Students remember 'six months' of leave and wrongly split it into three months before and three after.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the leave is 26 weeks, with up to 8 weeks before delivery, and crèche visits are four a day.
- B. Wrong because the Act allows four crèche visits a day, not six.
- D. Wrong because statements 1 and 2 are false.
Source to check: Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, amending Sections 5 and 11A of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
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