Technical Breaks Given to Temporary Employees Cannot Be a Ground to Deny Maternity Leave Benefits: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has delivered a significant ruling strengthening the rights of working women by holding that even a woman employed on a temporary, daily-wage basis is entitled to maternity leave benefits. The Court made it clear that maternity benefits cannot be denied merely because the employer gives so-called “technical breaks” of one or two days in service. The judgment reinforces the protective and welfare-oriented purpose of the Maternity…