Ji, under the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 a woman employee is entitiled for 26 weeks maternity leave.
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You need to pay but keep following points in mind----
So its upon you and your establishment.
Search for the MB Benefit Act in google and download the Act and preserve a hard copy for further reference in such a file, as it is not possible to reduce the entire Act in the form of one or two sentences reply.