Women workers who undertake youngsters will likely be granted maternity go away by the Karnataka State Road Transport Company (KSRTC).
KSRTC Managing Director Shivayogi Kalasad issued a notification on this regard granting 180 days of maternity go away to ladies workers who undertake youngsters. However, this facility is just not accessible for many who have two surviving youngsters.
‘When can women apply for maternity leave? Women can avail the leave within one year of adoption or before the adopted child turns one year.’
Till now, dad and mom who adopted youngsters needed to take separate leaves and this latest order permits dad and mom who undertake youngsters additionally to avail maternity leaves granted to organic moms.
The adopted mom can avail the go away inside one yr of adoption or earlier than the adopted baby turns one yr. The resolution had been taken as per the state authorities’s directive to deal with adopting dad and mom on par with organic dad and mom.
The Karnataka authorities had earlier issued an order granting 180 days of maternity go away for ladies and 15 days of paternity go away for father.
Source: IANS
