Zomato introduces new parental leave policy for fathers
Online food ordering platform Zomato has introduced a gender neutral parental leave policy. The company will offering at least 26 weeks of paid leaves to employees, who are new parents. Additionally, these employees will also be given an endowment of close to 70000 rupees per child. The new leave policy will also cover non-birthing parents in case of surrogacy, adoption or same-sex partners. As per Indian law, the maternity leave of 26 weeks is mandatory.