: Delhi women’s panel issues notice to SBI, objects to recruitment rule for pregnant women #IndiaNEWS The Delhi Commission for Women on Saturday issued a notice to the State Bank of India asking it

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Delhi women’s panel issues notice to SBI, objects to recruitment rule for pregnant women #IndiaNEWS
The Delhi Commission for Women on Saturday issued a notice to the State Bank of India asking it to amend or withdraw rules under which women who are over three months pregnant are considered “temporarily unfitâ€?.The commission’s chairperson Swati Maliwal said that the rule appeared to be discriminatory and illegal. She added that it was contrary to the maternity benefits under the Code of Social Security, 2020. Maliwal said that the rule discriminated on the basis of sex, thus violating the fundamental rights provided by the Constitution.The panel issued the notice based on media reports, and asked the State Bank of India to provide a copy of the guidelines to it.State Bank of India seems to have issued guidelines preventing women who are over 3 months pregnant from joining service & have termed them as ‘temporarily unfit’. This is both discriminatory and illegal. We have issued a Notice to them seeking withdrawal of this anti women rule. pic.twitter.com/mUtpoCHCWq— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) January 29, 2022 Earlier, women candidates pregnant up to six months were permitted to the join the bank, if they met certain conditions, PTI reported. Such a candidate would need to get a certificate from a gynaecologist stating that her taking up employment was not likely to...Read more

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