Procedure for Payment of Maternity Welfare Benefits under Section 47 | Bangladesh Labor Act -2006:
As per section-47 of (BLA-2006),
(1) Any pregnant woman who is entitled to maternity welfare benefits under this Act shall, on any day, give written or oral notice to the employer stating that she is likely to be delivered of a child within 60 (sixty) days of the notice. The said notice shall also contain the name of the person who shall receive this benefit in the event of her death.
(2) If any pregnant woman has not given such a notice, she shall give such a notice to the employer within seven days of the delivery of her child, informing the employer about the birth of her child.
(3) Upon receipt of the notice mentioned in sub-section (1) or (2), the employer shall grant the concerned woman leave of absence along with maternity benefit from work up to 120 (One hundred and twenty) days after the child's delivery:
(A) In the case of a notice under sub-section (1), from the day following the date of its issuance;
(B) In the case of a notice under sub-section (2), from the date of the child's delivery.
(4) An employer shall provide the maternity welfare benefits to the concerned woman in any of the following ways, as per her wish:
(A) Where a certificate from a registered medical practitioner is submitted stating that the woman is likely to be delivered of a child within eight weeks, the employer shall provide the payable maternity welfare benefit for the 60(sixty) days preceding the delivery within three working days following the submission of the certificate, and shall provide the said benefit for the remaining period within three working days from the date of submission of proof of the woman's delivery; OR
(B) The employer shall provide the payable maternity welfare benefit for the 60(sixty) days preceding the date of delivery within three working days following the submission of proof of delivery to the employer, and shall provide the benefit for the remaining term within the 60(sixty) days following the submission of the said proof, OR
(C) The employer shall provide the payable maternity welfare benefit for the entire period within three working days following the submission of proof of delivery OR
(D) If a female worker has given birth before giving notice to the employer, the employer shall grant the payable maternity welfare benefit for the entire period, along with permission for absence from work up to eight weeks after the delivery, within 3 (three) working days following the submission of proof of delivery.
Provided that, where the maternity welfare benefit or any part thereof is dependent on the submission of proof of delivery under this sub-section, if any woman fails to submit such proof within three months of the delivery of her child, she shall not be entitled to receive this benefit.
Provided further that if any female worker suffers a miscarriage before the fixed date for going on maternity welfare leave, she shall not receive any maternity welfare benefit, but if leave is required due to health reasons, she may avail it.
(5) The proof required to be submitted under sub-section (4) may be a certified extract from the Birth Register issued under the Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004 (Act No. 29 of 2004), or a certificate from a registered medical practitioner, or any other proof acceptable to the employer.