Maternity benefit entitles employed women to pay based on average daily wage, subject to eligibility and maximum weeks.

Every employed woman is entitled to maternity benefit at her average daily wage for the period of actual absence around delivery, payable by the employer, provided she worked at least eighty days in the preceding twelve months (including laid-off days and statutory paid holidays). The maximum entitlement is twenty-six weeks (eight weeks pre-delivery), reduced to twelve weeks for women with two or more surviving children (six weeks pre-delivery). Adoptive and commissioning mothers get twelve weeks from handover. Employer liability, cessation on death, and optional work-from-home arrangements after benefit are specified.

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