PATERNITY LEAVE
(Para 551(A) of R-I): [Introduced w.e.f.07.10.97 vide RBE 154/97..SC 192/97]
A male Railway Servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children, may be granted Paternity Leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a period of 15 days, during the confinement of his wife for child birth i.e., up to 15 days before, or up to six months from the date of delivery of the child (*)……. The paternity leave can commence prior to childbirth so long as the date of birth of child falls during the period of such leave….[RBE 63/99..SC 107/2000]. It shall not be debited against the leave account and may be combined with any other kind of leave (as in the case of Maternity Leave). It shall not be refused under any circumstances. It, too, like maternity leave, can be sanctioned only in a single spell. During the period of such leave he shall be paid leave salary equal the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave. (*)……ACS116….. RBE 57/2011…..SC 60/2011.
PATERNITY LEAVE TO MALE CASUAL LBOUR WITH TEMPORARY STATUS (Para 551(B) of R-I):
[Introduced w.e.f.01.04.98 vide RBE 110/99..SC 133/1999]
A male casual railway employee who has been granted temporary status with less than two surviving children may be granted Paternity Leave for a period of 15 days during the confinement period of his wife. The leave should be applied for and availed of, at least partly, or at least commence within a period of 135 days of childbirth. The paternity leave can commence prior to childbirth so long as the date of birth of child falls during the period of such leave. It shall not be debited against the leave account and may be combined with pro-rata leave on average pay admissible to the casual railway employees (as in the case of Maternity leave). Paternity leave too, like maternity leave, can be sanctioned only in a single spell. During the period of such leave he shall be paid wages, in respect of the working days equal the wages drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
CHILD ADOPTION LEAVE (ADOPTIVE MOTHERS) (Para 551(C) of R-I): -
An adoptive mother on the railways with less than two surviving children may be granted leave of * 180 days (* effective from 11.09.2009 vide SC No 156/2009……Previously 135 days) as ‘Child Adoption Leave’ on adoption of a child up to one year of age, on the lines of maternity leave admissible to natural mothers.
[2] During the period of Child Adoption Leave, she shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately proceeding on leave.
[3] Child Adoption Leave may be combined with leave of any other kind.
[4] In continuation of ‘Child Adoption Leave’, the adoptive mothers may also be granted, if applied for, leave of the kind due and admissible [including leave not due and commuted leave not exceeding 60 (sixty) days without production of Medical Certificate] for a period up to one year reduced by the age of the adopted child on the date of legal adoption without taking into account the period of Child Adoption Leave, subject to the following conditions: -
This facility will not be admissible to an adoptive mother already having two surviving children at the time of adoption.
The maximum admissible period of one year leave of the kind due and admissible [including LND and Commuted leave not exceeding 60 (sixty) days without production of MC] for a period up to one year reduced by the age of the adopted child on the date of legal adoption without taking into account the period of Child Adoption Leave as in the following illustrations.
® If the age of the adopted child is less than one month on the date of adoption leave, up to one year may be allowed.
® If the age of the adopted child is six months but less than seven months leave, up to six months may be allowed.
® If the age of the adopted child is nine months but less than ten months leave, up to three months may be allowed.
PATERNITY LEAVE (ADOPTIVE FATHERS) (551(D) of R-I)…
(**)A male Railway Servant (including an apprentice) with less than two surviving children, on valid adoption of a child below the age of one year, may be granted Paternity Leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a period of 15 days, within a period of six months from the date of valid adoption (* effective from 11.09.2009 vide SC No 156/2009). (**)…ACS 116…RBE 57/2011….SC 60/2011.
HOSPITAL LEAVE (Para 554 of R-I): -
[1] Hospital leave may be granted to railway servants other than in Group A and Group B, while under medical treatment for illness or injuries if such illness or injury is directly due to risks incurred in the course of official duties.
[2] Hospital leave shall be granted on production of medical certificate from an Authorized Medical Attendant.
[3] (a) Hospital Leave may be granted for such period as the authority granting it may consider necessary on leave salary: -
® Equal to leave salary while on leave on average pay for the first 120 days of any period of such leave; and
® Equal to leave salary during half pay leave for the remaining period of any such leave.
(b) The amount of hospital leave which may be granted by the General Managers to railway servant is unlimited.
[4] Hospital leave shall not be debited against the leave account and may be combined with any other kind of leave which may be admissible, provided the total period of leave, after such combination, does not exceed 28 months.
Note: - If the railway servant is one to whom the WC Act 1923 applies the amount of leave salary payable during Hospital Leave shall be reduced by the amount of compensation payable under Section 4 [1] [d] of the said Act.
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