Question

Can an employee get Maternity benefit under ESI Act $1948$?

• A. Yes
• B. No
• C. Cannot be determined
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Yes

The Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 stipulates the rules and regulations that govern the functioning of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), which in turn manages the ESI fund. ESIC is, therefore, an autonomous statutory body, and comes under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Following its promulgation in 1948, the ESI Act seeks to provide social security coverage for workers in contingencies such as “sickness, maternity leave, temporary or permanent physical disablement, and death due to employment injury resulting in loss of wages or earning capacity. The Act also guarantees reasonably good medical care to workers and their immediate dependents.”