Obligation : To provide nursing breaks to a woman employee who returns to work after delivery
Type:Trigger
Frequency: Quarterly
Action to be taken:
To permit a woman employee who has returned to work after delivery, two nursing breaks a day of the prescribed duration until the child attains the age of 15 months
Audit Requirement: Are Women who have returned to work after delivery of a child being permitted two nursing breaks a day
Supporting Documents: Written Confirmation of Compliance
Related Sections:
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 11:Nursing breaks:
Every woman delivered of a child who returns to duty after such delivery shall, in addition to the interval for rest allowed to her, be allowed in the course of her daily work two breaks of the prescribed duration for nursing the child until the child attains the age of fifteen months.