Kerala teacher elated with govt order on maternity leave By IANS | Published on Fri, Jan 22 2021 17:21 IST | 0 Views
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 : Rakhi PV, a resource teacher at the Kodungallur government high school in Thrissur, Kerala, is elated to win the fight against the government over maternity leave as the state government recently brought out a gazette notification sanctioning maternity leave for six months with full benefits for all contractual government employees. The government order came almost after two years of the Kerala High Court ruling on the matter. When she was pregnant in 2017, Rakhi, along with six other teachers, had filed an appeal seeking maternity leave for six months after her requests were not even considered by the state government, Kerala Women's Commission and the Kerala State Human Rights Commission.