PATERNITY BENEFIT POLICY

ELIGIBILITY
 All males employees on confirmed employment who have completed not less than eighty
days in the twelve months of continuous service(from the date of employment
Agreement) immediately preceding the expected date of delivery of child to his legally
wedded wife or commissioning mother.

 The maximum period for which any man with less than two surviving children shall be
entitled to paternity benefit shall be 7 days.

 Not more than seven days of leave shall precede the date of expected delivery.

 Paternity benefit shall be availed up to three months from the date of delivery of child.

 Eligibility of benefit is restricted up to two surviving children only.

REGULATIONS
 The applicant can avail not more than 7days of Paternity leave before the date of
delivery. The maximum Paternity Leave benefit under normal circumstances will be 7
days.

 The applicant should inform about the pregnancy of his legally wedded wife or
commissioning mother to the HR Department of the Company before applying for
Paternity Leave.

 The application should be supported by a medical certificate confirming the pregnancy

and expected date of child birth.

 Un-availed Paternity Leave cannot be encashed.

 No leave can be clubbed with Paternity Leave. However, you can take un-availed
Paternity Leave at any time within three months of delivery.

 The weekly offs and holidays falling during the Paternity leave will be part of the leaves
availed.
PAY BENEFIT
 The Company provides 7 Days paid salary during Paternity Leaves.

 In case of miscarriage of his wife, a man shall, on production of such proof as may be
prescribed, be entitled to leave with wages at the rate of paternity benefit, for a period of
seven days immediately following the day of the miscarriage.

 In normal circumstances, the employee should resume his duties post Paternity Leave
stipulated above; failing which the Paternity Leave period will be treated as unauthorized
leave. Consequently, disciplinary action will be initiated and no salary will be paid for
these days.

ADDITIONAL POINTS

 If an employee wishes to exercise his option to resign his employment immediately after
availing the Paternity Leave with Paternity Benefit stated above, will be accepted only on
medical grounds. In such case, the reasons stated in the medical report will be mentioned
in the relieving letter.

 The onus of timely submission of approved Paternity Leave application to the HR

department of the Company lies completely on the employee and while processing the
payroll no prior intimation will be sent to the defaulting employee, however on
production of notice to avail the Paternity Benefit the Company will provide the same to
the employee.

 Any exceptions would have to be approved by the relevant authority.

The Act is applicable to:- every shop or establishment within the meaning of any law for the
time being in force in relation to shops and establishments in a State, in which ten or more
persons are employed, or were employed, on any day of the preceding twelve months

 Right to payment of paternity benefit:-

 No man shall be entitled to paternity benefit unless he has actually worked in

an establishment of the employer from whom he claims paternity benefit, for a
period of not less than eighty days in the twelve months immediately preceding
the expected date of delivery of child to his legally wedded wife or
commissioning mother

 Where a man dies during this period, the paternity benefit shall be payable only
for the days up to and including the day of his death

 Every man who legally adopts a child below the age of three months or the
legal husband of the commissioning mother, shall be entitled to paternity
benefit for a period of fifteen days from the date the child is handed over to the
adopting father or legal husband of the commissioning mother, as the case may
be.

 Penalty for contravention of Act by employer or local authority:-

 If any employer fails to pay any amount of paternity benefit to a man entitled
under this Act or discharges or dismisses such man during or on account of his
absence from work in accordance with the provisions of this Act, he shall be
punishable with imprisonment which shall not be less than three months but
which may extend to one year and with fine which shall not be less than twenty
thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees