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After Facing Flak, SBI Revokes Circular On Pregnant Women’s Recruitment

After Facing Flak, SBI Revokes Circular On Pregnant Women's Recruitment

SBI has decided to take back its circular on hiring of pregnant women

New Delhi:

Facing all round criticism, the State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday announced that it has decided to put in abeyance its circular on recruitment of pregnant women.

The country’s largest lender reviewed its ‘Fitness Standards for Recruitment in the Bank’, including norms for pregnant women candidates. Under the new rules, a woman candidate with more than three months pregnancy will be considered “temporarily unfit” and can join the bank within four months after delivery.

The move evoked criticism from various quarters, including labour unions and the Delhi Commission for Women.

In view of the public sentiments, SBI has decided to keep the revised instructions regarding recruitment of pregnant women candidates in abeyance and continue with the existing instructions in the matter, the bank said in a statement.

In its latest medical fitness guidelines for new recruits or promotees, the bank said a candidate would be considered fit in case of pregnancy which is less than three months.

“However, if pregnancy is of more than three months, she will be considered temporarily unfit and she may be allowed to join within four months after delivery of child,” as per the medical fitness and ophthalmological standards for new recruits and promotees dated December 31, 2021.

SBI said that the revised guidelines were intended to provide clarity on various health parameters where instructions were not clear or were very old.

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