7th Central Pay CommissionRecommendations on Allowances Related to Working on Holidays
Employees, who are regularly required to
work on holidays, are compensated in a variety of ways. Some, like the
employees of Delhi Police and the CISF, are granted an extra month’s pay
per year. Employees of other CAPFs are granted extra thirty days’
leave. Some other categories of staff are paid allowances, which are
dealt with in this section. There are 3 such allowances.
1. Holiday Compensatory Allowance
It is a compensation for non-gazetted
staff of IB who are required to perform duties on holidays and weekends;
granted at the rate of one day’s (Basic Pay + DA) for up to thirty days
in a financial year. No demands have been received regarding this
allowance.
Analysis and Recommendations
The Commission notes that employees in
almost all ministries/departments are, sometimes, required to work on
weekends. They are usually compensated by providing a “compensatory
off.” Thus, grant of an allowance for weekend working is not justified.
At the same time, the sensitive, and time bound nature of work done by IB should also be kept in mind. Therefore, it
is recommended that the non-gazetted staff of IB, presently covered
under Holiday Compensatory Allowance, should, henceforth, be covered by
National Holiday Allowance. They will be granted this allowance for up
to twelve holidays in a year (including the three National Holidays) at
the rates prescribed. Accordingly, Holiday Compensatory Allowance, as a
separate allowance, should be abolished.
[Government
Decision on Holiday Compensatory Allowance: Abolished as a separate
allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by National Holiday
Allowance. Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance.
Existing system to continue in Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW)]
2. Holiday Monetary Compensation
This allowance is granted in Department of Posts and is payable to
postmen and other departmental staff who are required to perform duty on
second holiday if three consecutive holidays occur. The existing rates
are:
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Category
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Rate of Remuneration
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Supervisor
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?85 per holiday for 4 hours
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Postal Assistant
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?85 per holiday for 4 hours
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Postmen
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Sorting Postmen/?85 per holiday
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Multi-tasking staff
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?60 per holiday for 4 hours
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Demands have been received to increase the rate of this allowance to ?600 per holiday.
Analysis and Recommendations
Since the allowance is not DA indexed,
it is proposed to raise the amount to ?200 per holiday for Supervisors,
Postal Assistants and Postmen/Sorting Postmen; and ?150 per holiday for
Multi-tasking Staff. The rate of allowance will further increase by 25
percent each time DA increases by 50 percent.
[Government Decision on Holiday Monetary Compensation: Retained. Rationalized. Accepted ]
3. National Holiday Allowance
This allowance is paid to non-gazetted Railway employees who are
rostered to work on a “National Holiday.” The existing rates are:
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Pay in Pay Band + Grade Pay
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Rate
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up to ?7260
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?256 per day
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?7261-?9700
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?318 per day
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?9701 and above (limited to non-gazetted staff)
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?420 per day
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There are demands to increase the amount of this allowance to 1.5 x (one day’s Basic Pay + DA)
Analysis and Recommendations
The Commission notes that although there
are only three National Holidays, this allowance is granted for twelve
days in a year due to operational constraints. Also, the allowance is
already partially indexed to the DA. Hence, it is recommended that the
amount should be increased by 50 percent to the following:
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Level
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Rate of Allowance (per day)
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1 and 2
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?384
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3 to 5
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?477
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6 to 8 (limited to non-gazetted staff)
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?630
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[Government Decision on National Holiday Allowance: Retained. Enhanced by 50%. Accepted ]
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