KARISHMA Sharma, an executive with a Bangalore-based IT major, is on an adoption maternity leave for a month. Recently she adopted a girl child after doctors advised her against having a second child. And, believe it or not, her company was quick to offer maternity leave even for adoption.
This is not a one-off case. The changing dynamics of society has increasingly compelled India Inc to come up with “motherly” new initiatives to retain talent. With more new-age couples espousing adoption of children in India, employees of IBM are being offered, apart from maternity (12 weeks) and paternity leaves (five days applicable even to cases of adoption), extra maternity leaves to employees up to a month in cases of adoption. An adoption deed or order by a court, followed by an approval from a senior, would allow an employee enjoy four weeks with the adopted child to create bonding.
This is not a one-off case. The changing dynamics of society has increasingly compelled India Inc to come up with “motherly” new initiatives to retain talent. With more new-age couples espousing adoption of children in India, employees of IBM are being offered, apart from maternity (12 weeks) and paternity leaves (five days applicable even to cases of adoption), extra maternity leaves to employees up to a month in cases of adoption. An adoption deed or order by a court, followed by an approval from a senior, would allow an employee enjoy four weeks with the adopted child to create bonding.
Contributed By:
Indrani Kar
(Knowledge Cell - Globsyn Business School)
Source: The Times of India
(Knowledge Cell - Globsyn Business School)
Source: The Times of India
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