Maternity definition

Maternity means the period during pregnancy and shortly after childbirth.
Maternity means the period during pregnancy and six weeks after delivery of the baby.
Maternity means treatment relating to Pregnancy, delivery and post-natal care.

Examples of Maternity in a sentence

  • Maternity leave, applied for but not commenced, shall be cancelled when the pregnancy of an employee terminates other than by the birth of a living child.

  • Observe employment restrictions under the Maternity Protection Directive (92/85/EEC) for expectant or nursing mothers.

  • Maternity leave, applied for but not commenced, shall be cancelled when the pregnancy of a worker terminates other than by the birth of a living child.

  • The contractor shall comply with the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Employees Liability Act, 1938, Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, and the Contractor’s Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, or the modifications thereof or any other laws relating thereto and the rules made thereunder from time to time.

  • Maternity Care means care and services provided for treatment of the condition of pregnancy, other than Complications of Pregnancy.


More Definitions of Maternity

Maternity applies to the child bearer
Maternity or “Maternal” means establishing the identity of a person’s biological mother.
Maternity means that physical state which results in childbirth, abortion, or miscarriage, and any medical complications arising out of or resulting from such state.
Maternity means medical expenses for the mother’s care pertaining to prenatal or infant delivery, and initial, routine hospital expenses for the infant. Maternity does not include Infant Complications of Pregnancy or medical expenses for the infant beyond routine hospital expenses, neither of which is subject to Maternity provisions of the Sharing Guidelines.
Maternity or "Maternal" means establishing the identity of a person's biological mother.
Maternity has been replaced with “Child Bearing”. And for the purposes of Employment Standards legislation, Employment Insurance, and any other legislation that addresses maternity leave, child bearing and child bearing leave are equivalent to maternity and maternity leave.