This document outlines regulations regarding maternity benefits and employment of women in certain industries. It discusses prohibitions on employment during pregnancy and for 8 weeks after delivery, with exceptions for light work. It specifies that women are entitled to receive their full salary for 8 weeks before and after delivery, plus additional wages. The document provides details on procedures for notifying employers, requirements for proof of delivery, calculating benefit amounts, ensuring payment is made, and determining payment in cases of death of the mother.

1. THERE IS SUCH A SPECIAL
SWEETNESS IN BEING ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN CREATION

2. MATERNITY BENEFITS &
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
ISTIAQ HASAN RAFI
Prepared By

3. PROHIBITION FOR EMPLOYMENT
OF WOMEN WORKERS

4. DURING THE 8 WEEKS
IMMEDIATELY ALLOWING
HER DELIVERY
PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT
IN CERTAIN CASES…
ANY WORK OF ARDUOUS
NATURE BEFORE/AFTER TEN
WEEKS OF DELIVERY

5. BUT THE WORKERS OF TEA
PLANTATION GOT
EXEMPTION...

6. LIGHT WEIGHT WORK
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER BELIEFS
HER TO BE PHYSICALLY FIT

7. PAYMENT
ORIGINAL SALARY
+
ADDITIONAL WAGES AT
PREVAILING RATE

8. RIGHTS & LIABILITIES OF BEING ENTITLED TO
PAYMENT OF MATERNITY BENEFITS

9. EVERY WOMAN WILL BE
ENTITLED TO PAYMENT OF
MATERNITY BENEFIT
EIGHT WEEKS
PRECEDING THE DATE
OF DELIVERY
EIGHT WEEKS
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THE DELIVERY

10. A WOMAN WILL NOT
BE ENTITTLED TO THE
PAYMENT OF BENEFIT
UNLESS WORKED LESS
THAN SIX MONTHS
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE DELIVERY.
HAVING TWO OR
MORE SURVIVING
CHILDREN AT THE
TIME OF DELIVERY.

11. TIME TO GIVE NOTICE
EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE
CONFINEMENT
WITHIN SEVEN DAYS
AFTER DELIVERY

12. PROCEDURES REGARDING
MATERNITY BENEFIT

13. WHEN AN EMPLOYER SHALL PERMIT THE
WOMAN TO ABSENT HERSELF FROM WORK?
DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF
THE NOTICE IN CASE OF
NOTICE UNDER SUB SECTION-1
THE DAY OF DELIVERY IN CASE
OF NOTICE UNDER SUB-
SECTION (2), UNTIL 8 WEEKS
AFTER DAY OF DELIVERY

14. WAYS OF PAYING MATERNITY BENEFITS

15. FOR EIGHT WEEKS
FOR THE SAID PERIOD
FOR THE WHOLE OF
THE SAID PERIOD
THREE WAYS OF PAYING MATERNITY BENEFIT
Within Three Working Days Of
Certificate Signed By A Registered
Medical Practitioner- Woman Expected
To Be Confined Within Eight Weeks.
Up to and including the day of delivery within
three working days of production of proof.
Within three weeks
days of the
production of proof.

16. PROVIDED

17. PROOF REQUIRED TO BE PROVEN
A CERTIFICATE EXTRACT FROM A BIRTH REGISTER
CERTIFICATE FROM A REGISTERED PRACTITIONER
ANY OTHER ACCEPTABLE PROOF

18. AMOUNT OF MATERNITY BENEFITS
AMOUNT IS CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF DAILY,
WEEKLY OR MONTHLY AVERAGE RATES USING
FOLLOWING FORMULA:
TOTAL WAGES EARNED ON PRECEDING 3 MONTHS
ACTUAL WORNING DAYS DURING THE PERIOD

19. DEATH DOES NOT DISCHARGE THE
EMPLOYER FROM RESPONSIBILITY

20. AMOUNT TO BE PAIDTIMEOFDEATH
FULL AMOUNT
ON THE DATE OF
DELIVERY AND 8
WEEKS THEREAFTER
AMOUNT THAT COVERS
HER MATERNITY LEAVE
INCLUDING THE DATE OF
DEATH
PAYMENT IN CASE OF DEATH
BEFORE THE BIRTH
OF CHILD

21. THE PERSON TO BE PAID
THE CHILD SURVIVES THE CHILD DOESN’T SURVIVE
TO THE PERSON WHO
UNDERTAKES THE CARE
OF THE CHILD
TO HER NOMINEE OR
LEGAL
REPRESENTATIVE
SURVIVAL OF THE CHILD