Employment Insurance Act Maternity Leave. Employment for an aggregate of one hundred and fifty working. The pregnancy discrimination act (pda) is an amendment to title vii of the civil rights act of 1964.
1 short title this act may be cited as the maternity leave (commonwealth employees) act 1973. 11210 (an act increasing the maternity leave period to 105 days for female. In general, employers do not have to pay women who are on maternity leave.
However, the maximum duration of the ei maternity benefits remains at 15 weeks.
“confinement” means the birth of a living child or the birth of a child whether living or dead after twentyeight weeks of pregnancy; Employers are also required to keep workers on their health insurance during maternity leave. California employers are not required to provide paid maternity leave. 1 (1) in this act: