• An eligible female employee can avail the benefits of maternity leave benefits upto maximum 2 surviving children.
• Female employees will be entitled to maternity leave as per the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, which currently provides maximum of 26 weeks (182 days inclusive of holidays & weekends) which may be availed pre and post-natal, subject to a maximum of 8 weeks pre and minimum of 18 weeks post-delivery.
• Further, subject to advice by registered medical practitioners for illness caused post-delivery & submission of the medical certificates stating the same, maternity leave may be extended for 1 month, only if the employee needs it.
• Commissioning and Adopting Mothers: Maternity benefit has now also been extended to commissioning and adopting mothers. A female employee adopting a child below 3 months of age and ‘commissioning mothers’ shall be entitled to 12 weeks of Maternity Benefit from the date the child is handed over to them

Employees who become fathers during the course of employment would be eligible for 3 days of Paternity Leave

In line with the Act, the Bank is committed to provide a safe and congenial environment to all its female employees. We ensure that they are not subjected to sexual harassment. The policy is applicable for all women employees of the Bank