Last Change:

05/01/2025

Sindh Maternity Benefits Act, 2018

Year: 2018

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights

Link to external source: http://www.pas.gov.pk/uploads/acts/Sindh%20Act%20No.XXXIX%20of%202018.pdf
Description

An Act to provide safeguards to working women’s maternity benefits, proper child nursing and job security in public and private organisations. Whereas it is expedient to provide safeguards to working women’s maternity benefits, proper nursing of new born to maintain job security and matters ancillary thereto.

Selected provisions
Section 3 - Mandatory maternal leave.

An employer must grant a mandatory maternity leave to a working women during pregnancy in the following order:
(1) Four weeks before the expected date of delivery.
(2) Twelve-weeks after the delivery.

Section 4 - Additional maternity leave.

(1) Miscarriage: In case of miscarriage, there shall be a 1-week of paid leave.
(2) Still-born: In case of still-born, there shall be paid leave of 4-weeks.
(3) Premature delivery: There shall be a paid leave of 16-weeks in case of a premature delivery, leave shall commence since the day of the birth of premature neonate.
Explanation: 4-weeks of pre-natal and 12-weeks of post-natal leave shall be combined and a mother shall be granted a combined 16-weeks of paid leave after the occurrence of a premature delivery.
(4) Any other medical complication: In case of any other medical complication, in which case the life of a mother or her unborn may be at risk, shall be paid leave for 4-weeks.
Such a request for additional maternity leave shall be supported by medical documents and the organisation may countercheck, if needed.