January 7, 2016

UPDATES ON LEAVE RULES.........

Casual Leave
1. Eligible for 12 days in a year.
2. Shall be earned on a pro-rata basis during
the first year of service - at the rate of one
day for each completed month or part
thereof.
3. Can be taken 4 days at a time. The
holidays and weekly offs prefixing/
suffixing
or falling within the period of Casual Leave
will not be treated as part of casual leave.
(The ceiling of total period of absence of 6
days including holidays was now removed in
10thBPS).
4. CL cannot be combined with any other
kind of leave.
Un availed Casual Leave
Casual leave not availed in a calendar year is
convertible into sick leave with full
substantive pay except during the first year.
It can be availed only on the grounds of
sickness. There is no time limit for availing
UCL accumulated in a year by clerical staff , however for officers UCL can b availed within three years of its accumulation e.g. UCL of 2012 can b availed upto 31.12.2015. After that it lapses. UCL can be
availed without MC for 4 days at a time once
in a year or two days at a time twice in a
year. For one day on any number of
occasions, MC is not necessary.
Privilege Leave
1. Calculated at the rate of one day for every
eleven days of active service. While
calculating PL, all kinds of leave availed
except CL shall be excluded.
2. Can be availed only on completion of 11
months of service.
Generally 4 occasions in a calendar year,
though one occasion may comprise even a
single day.
(known as PL under domestic grounds).
3. However, the reasons for the request by an
employee for leave on more than 4 occasions
in ayear are adequate and genuine and it is
not administratively inconvenient, such
leave may be granted. PL should be applied
before 15 days of the proposed date of
commencement of leave.
4. PL on medical grounds can be granted for
more than 4 days at a time on production of
Medical Certificate which will not be counted
in the above 4 occasions.
5. The restriction with regard to the number
of times of availing PL, mentioned in Para 3
above, does not apply to members of
Executive Committee of a Registered Trade
Union. A member of Executive Committee
can avail PL for any number of times for
organizational work.(of course, within his
eligible leave)
6. PL can be accumulated up to 270 days and
on retirement the encashment is restricted
only to 240 days.
Sick Leave
1. An employee is entitled to sick leave on
half substantive pay, at the rate of one
month for each year of service subject to a
maximum of 18 months (540 days) during his
entire service, provided that where an
employee has put in a service of 24 years, he
shall be eligible to additional sick leave at
the rate of one month for each year of
service in excess of 24 years, subject to 3
months of additional sick leave. For availing
sick leave the employee has to submit MC.
2. An employee can convert the half-pay sick
leave in to full pay sick leave.
But twice the period of leave will be debited.
3. During the first year of service sick leave
will be granted on prorate basis.
4. Sick Leave can be availed for any number
of days.
5. Sick Leave can be availed without Medical
Certificate by an employee for a maximum
period of 10 days in a calendar year not
exceeding two days at a time after
exhausting the Casual Leave.
6. Sick Leave can be clubbed with PL, ML and
UCL.
Maternity Leave
1. Maternity leave which shall be on
substantive pay shall be granted to a female
employee for a period not exceeding 6
months on any one occasion and 12 months
during the entire period of her service.
2. Within the overall period of 12 months,
leave may also be granted in case of
miscarriage/abortion/MTP.
3. Within the overall period of 12 months,
leave may also be granted in case of
hysterectomy up to a maximum of 60 days.
4. ML is available even in the first year of
service. Probationers are also eligible. But
the probation period will be extended to that
extent.
5. Leave may also be granted once during
service to a childless female employee for
legally adopting a child who is below one
year of age, for a maximum period of six
months, subject to the following terms and
conditions:-
i) Leave will be granted for adoption of only
one child.
ii) The adoption of a child should be through
a proper legal process and the employee
should produce the adoption-deed to the
Bank for sanctioning such leave.
iii) The Permanent Part-time Employees are
also eligible for grant of leave for adoption
of a child.
iv) The Leave shall also be available to
biological mother in cases where the child is
born through surrogacy.
v) The leave shall be availed within overall
entitlement of 12 months
during the entire period of service.
Paternity Leave
With effect from the 1st June 2015, male
employees with less than two surviving
children shall be eligible for 15 days
Paternity Leave during his wife’s
confinement. This leave may be combined
with any other kind of leave except Casual
Leave. The leave may be availed upto 15 days
before or upto 6 months from
the date of delivery of the child.
Extra-ordinary Leave
1. An employee is eligible for extraordinary
leave on loss of pay when no other kind of
leave is due to the employee.
2. This leave is granted not exceeding 3
months on any one occasion with a
maximum of 24 months in the entire period
of service. Can be combined with or in
continuation of any kind of leave except CL.
3. Period of leave on LOP shall not count for
increments and increment date will be
postponed.
Special Casual Leave for Blood Donation
Employees who donate blood to a recognized
blood bank or Bank sponsored blood
donation drive are eligible for special CL for
one day, on the day of blood donation,
subject to the production of satisfactory
documentary proof.
Special Leave for Vasectomy / Sterilization
( 1). 6 days CL for male employees for
undergoing Sterilization.
(2). 14 days special CL for female employees
who undergo non puerperal Tubectomy
operation.
3. 1 day special CL for female employee, who
had IUD insertions.
4. 7 days CL to male employees whose wife
undergoes Non Puerperal Tubectomy
operation subject to the production of MC
from the doctor who performed the
operation to that effect that the presence of
the male employee is essential for the period
of leave to look after his wife during her
convalescence after operation. Leave to
commence on the day of operation.
5. An employee developing post-operative
complication after sterilization may be
granted CL to that extent of the period for
which he or she is hospitalized for such post
operative complication,
subject to production of necessary certificate
from the concerned hospital authorities.
6. An employee is not entitled to special CL
after maternity leave, if the sterilization
operation, recanalisation was done during
the maternity leave.
Special Sick Leave
With effect from the 01.06.2015 special Sick
Leave up to 30 days may be granted to an
employee once during his/her entire period
of service for donation of kidney/organ.
Sabbatical Leave (Govt.Scheme) for Women
Employees
Permanent female employees with minimum
of 5 years of Service are eligible. In
exceptional circumstances, employees with
less than 5 years of service can also apply.
Purpose of leave is
medical grounds, care of family members or
children, higher studies, visit spouse, etc.
Period of leave shall be minimum of 3
months at a time and shall not be taken
more than once in a year, maximum of 2
years during entire career. Total period of
leave including earlier Sabbatical scheme,
EOL and extra-ordinary leave under Bi-
partite shall not exceed 3 years