Intel India raises maternity and adoption sops for its employees

Tech giant Intel on Tuesday said it has increased maternity leave benefits to 5 months and doubled paternity benefits for its employees in India. It has also increased leave to 10 working days for male employees and 150 calendar days for women employees for those adopting, in line with maternity and paternity programmes. Microsoft, Adobe and Flipkart had also earlier reworked their schemes related to maternity and paternity benefits.

“Maternity leave is increased from 84 calendar days to 150 calendar days (5 mths)... Women employees returning from maternity... to work part-time on full pay for up to one month (30 calendar days) post their return to work,” Intel said.