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Kerala becomes first Indian state to provide maternity benefits in private educational sector
In a path-breaking development, the Central Government has recently approved the Kerala Government’s decision to bring teachers and other staff of private educational institutions under the Maternity Benefit Act. When the amendment to the Act comes into force, Kerala would become the first state in India to provide maternity benefits in the private educational sector. ..
Topics: Employee benefits • Family • Family law • Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act • Modi administration • Parental leave • Private law • Salary • Social programs
UK to modify Divorce laws
The UK government has announced that divorce laws in England and Wales would be changed as soon as parliamentary time became available. Lawyers have appreciated government plans to permit no-fault divorce to allow families to function after a marriage breakdown. Under the existing Act 1973, a spouse has to prove their partner is at fault ..
Topics: Conflict of divorce laws • Divorce • Divorce law in Sweden • Family • Family law • Human behavior • Marriage • New York divorce law • No-fault divorce • Private law
US says 2 years needed to identify the migrant kids
The Justice Department on Friday said that there are around 47000 cases of unaccompanied children. They were taken in to Government custody between July 1 2017 and June 25 2018. Around 1000s of children were separated from their families in the border. This was halted by the judge in 2018. The Judge said that he ..
Topics: Child custody • Child welfare • Childhood • Family • Family law • Social work • Unaccompanied minor • Welfare
Justice Rajesh Bindal Committee Recommendations
There is immense pressure on India from the U.S. to accede to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other parent. A committee was set up by the Centre ..
Topics: Abuse • Child abduction • Child custody • Child safety • Domestic violence • Family law • Habitual residence • Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction • International child abduction • Law by country • Parental child abduction • Politics by country
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is an intergovernmental agreement that deals with issues related to parental kidnapping or child abduction for children under the age of 16 years across international borders. The Convention seeks to protect children from the harmful effects of abduction and retention across international boundaries by ..
Topics: Abuse • Child abduction • Child custody • Child safety • Contact • Domestic violence • Family law • Habitual residence • Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction • International child abduction • Law by country • Politics by country