Rs 50,000 Allowance to Flipkart Employees Opting For Adoption

Flipkart will now allow its female employees to adopt a child below 12 months and take six months paid leave.

Effective July 1, the Bengaluru-based firm has also liberalised its maternity and paternal leave policy. (Photo: Reuters) 

After relaxing maternity and paternity policies, eCommerce major Flipkart is now offering an allowance of Rs 50,000 to employees opting to adopt children.

The “adoption allowance”, effective July 10, can be used towards legal, agency, regulatory costs or any other expenses that may arise during the adoption process, a Flipkart spokesperson said.

According to the new policy, Flipkart will allow its female employees, adopting a child below the age of 12 months, the same benefits as under maternity leave policy, i.e., six months paid leave along with four months of flexible working hours.

For children aged over a year, the employee can avail three months paid leave and four months of flexible working hours, the spokesperson said.

Male employees can avail up to six months of paid adoption leave (can be availed within the first six months) and four months of flexible working hours.

Flipkart also provides up to Rs 600 per day transport reimbursement to its women employees for two months before they go on maternity break.