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After years of warring for maternity permission rights, declaration nurses moving nether the National Health Mission (NHM), Tamil Nadu, are acceptable to person maternity permission benefits of up to 26 weeks. However, the nurses’ association, which has been warring for the right, has called this 26-week play unacceptable, noting that regular employees person 1 twelvemonth of maternity leave, and person urged the State authorities to widen the aforesaid to declaration nurses.
In an bid dated March 5, the State authorities said it has taken a argumentation determination to authorisation maternity permission benefits to each the declaration nurses moving nether the power of NHM for a maximum play of 26 weeks arsenic per the Maternity Benefit Act. This determination follows a Madras High Court bid passed connected a writ petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Recruitment Board Nurses Empowerment Association successful 2018, which has been warring for the maternity permission benefits for the past fewer years.
