How is a child defined for the purpose of grant of Paternity Leave
PATERNITY LEAVE FOR CHILD ADOPTION/CHILD ADOPTION LEAVE
How is a child defined for the purpose of grant of Paternity Leave for Child Adoption/Child Adoption Leave
As per notes below rules 43AA and 43B
“Child” for the purpose will include a child taken as ward by the
Government servant, under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 or the
personal law applicable to that Government servant, provided such a ward
lives with the Government servant and is treated as a member of the
family and provided such Government servant has, through a special will,
conferred upon that ward the same status as that of a natural born
child’.
CHILD CARE LEAVE
1. Whether women employees of Public Sector undertakings/Bodies etc. are entitled to CCL?
Orders issued by DOPT are not
automatically applicable to the employees of Central Public Sector
Undertakings/ Autonomous Bodies, Banks, etc. It is for the PSUs/
Autonomous Bodies to decide the applicability of the rules/instructions
issued for the central Government employees to their employees in
consultation with their Administrative Ministries.
2. Whether Govt. servant can be permitted to leave station/go abroad while on CCL?
Child care leave is granted to a
woman employee to take care of the needs of the minor children. If the
child is studying abroad or the Government servant has to go abroad for
taking care of the child she may do so subject to other conditions laid
down for this purpose.
3. What is the intention behind the instruction that CCL is to be treated like EL and sanctioned as such?
The intention is that CCL should be
availed with prior approval of leave sanctioning authority and that the
combination of CCL with other leave, if any, should be as per the
restriction on EL.’ The restriction of the limit of 180 days at a
stretch as applicable in the case of EL will not apply in case of CCL.
The other conditions like CCL may not be granted for less than 15 days
or in more than 3 spells etc., will apply. {Rule 43-C)
4. Whether child care leave has been extended to female industrial employees?
Child Care leave has been extended
to all civilian female industrial employees covered by the CCS(Leave)
Rules, 1972 subject to the conditions provided in rule 43-C of the
CCS(Leave) Rules, 1972, as amended from time to time.{OM
No.12012/2/2009-Estt.(L) dated 01-08-2012)
Commuted Leave
1. Whether commuted leave is
admissible based on medical certificates of Hospitals/Medical
Practitioner approved by the employer of the spouse in cases where the
concerned employee has been allowed to avail such facilities from the
employer of the spouse?
Leave on medical grounds may be
allowed on the basis of certificates issued by Hospitals/Medical
Practitioners approved by the employer of the spouse in such cases.