Maternity-benefit compliance
The continuing maternity-benefit, nursing-break, creche and women-employee register duties under the Social Security Rules.
Standing duty, no filing date
- MoLE
- Labour and social security
- Form XXII register
- 2026-09-01
Maintain maternity-benefit compliance continuously under Chapter VI and rules 35 to 37. Keep Form XXII, provide the two 15-minute nursing breaks, and provide a creche where the establishment ordinarily has 50 or more employees. The separate maternity annual return is now part of Form XXIII.
The separate annual return is consolidated into Form XXIII.
Deadlines counted from an event
Maintain the applicable maternity-benefit, nursing-break, creche and Form XXII duties continuously.
The rule
Maintain the applicable maternity-benefit, nursing-break, creche and Form XXII duties continuously.
Who must comply
- An establishment covered by Chapter VI of the Code on Social Security
- An establishment ordinarily employing 50 or more employees for the creche requirement
Statutory basis
How to file
- Keep Form XXII current.
- Provide two 15-minute nursing breaks where required.
- Provide the creche where the 50-employee condition applies.