<p>The Delhi University’s executive council on Friday approved paid maternity leave for ad hoc and contractual staff and constituted a committee to look at concerns related to setting up a nanomedicine institute by the varsity.</p>.<p>A panel was constituted to examine whether ad hoc and contractual staff should be granted maternity leave.</p>.<p>According to the report submitted by the panel, “recognising the fact that availing maternity leave is a basic and vital necessity for the physical and emotional well-being of the mother and the child, the committee recommends that paid maternity leave be granted to ad hoc/contractual women teaching and non-teaching employees working in the university/colleges of the university".</p>.<p>The committee also noted that ad hoc and contractual staff are hired for a fixed period of time.</p>.<p>"... paid maternity leave may be granted to such women employees by the university/colleges for a maximum period of 26 weeks within the specified period of such fixed term engagement," it said.</p>.<p>The panel also said that the benefits may be made available to women with less than two surviving children, in accordance with the guidelines.</p>.<p>The move was welcomed by the teachers.</p>.<p>"Paid maternity leave for ad hoc teachers/contractual staff was adopted in the DU EC today. It is a big relief to thousands of women teachers working in the varsity and its colleges and is a result of the continuous work of the teachers' collective and many individuals.</p>.<p>“The movement will continue to demand parliament order/UGC regulations for absorption of working teachers to bring the real relief and professional and academic growth these young teachers deserve," Abha Dev Habib, secretary, Democratic Teachers' Front, said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The Delhi University’s executive council on Friday approved paid maternity leave for ad hoc and contractual staff and constituted a committee to look at concerns related to setting up a nanomedicine institute by the varsity.</p>.<p>A panel was constituted to examine whether ad hoc and contractual staff should be granted maternity leave.</p>.<p>According to the report submitted by the panel, “recognising the fact that availing maternity leave is a basic and vital necessity for the physical and emotional well-being of the mother and the child, the committee recommends that paid maternity leave be granted to ad hoc/contractual women teaching and non-teaching employees working in the university/colleges of the university".</p>.<p>The committee also noted that ad hoc and contractual staff are hired for a fixed period of time.</p>.<p>"... paid maternity leave may be granted to such women employees by the university/colleges for a maximum period of 26 weeks within the specified period of such fixed term engagement," it said.</p>.<p>The panel also said that the benefits may be made available to women with less than two surviving children, in accordance with the guidelines.</p>.<p>The move was welcomed by the teachers.</p>.<p>"Paid maternity leave for ad hoc teachers/contractual staff was adopted in the DU EC today. It is a big relief to thousands of women teachers working in the varsity and its colleges and is a result of the continuous work of the teachers' collective and many individuals.</p>.<p>“The movement will continue to demand parliament order/UGC regulations for absorption of working teachers to bring the real relief and professional and academic growth these young teachers deserve," Abha Dev Habib, secretary, Democratic Teachers' Front, said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>