USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was NOT a common demand of early labor movements?
A
Paid maternity leave
B
Safer working conditions
C
Eight-hour workday
D
Better wages
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Understanding the Maternity Benefit Act 1961 The Maternity Benefit Act mandates that an expecting mother will be paid the maternity leave salary at the rate of her average wages in the three months preceding her pregnancy leave.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, a social welfare-oriented law aimed at empowering women provides security (both employment and financial) for women employees before and after child birth.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the Maternity Benefit Act of 1961, the employer must pay the beneficiary a medical bonus of up to 1, 000 rupees if there is no prenatal confinement and no paid postpartum care. The Central Government has raised the medical bonus to 25, 000 rupees.

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