Availing child care leave easier for women now
The UPA government has relaxed norms for child care leave for its women employees, in a move that may help improve gender balance in the male-dominated government jobs.
According to new rules, women employees can now avail two years (730 days) of the child care leave (CCL) even if they have earned leaves left.
So far, mothers on government rolls could avail full 730 days of the CCL during their entire service for taking care of up to two children — whether for rearing or to look after any of their needs like examination, sickness etc — only if they had no earned leave to their credit.
Many of the women employees and their associations resented the linkage between the CCL and earned leave.
The change will come into force from September 1, 2008. Interestingly, while the new rule has taken care of grievance of women employees, many in the government feel that the CCL should be extended to single parents among male employees as well.
According to the new rules, the CCL will be treated like an earned leave and can be availed of by women with children aged less than 18 years. In the case of those, who have physically challenged children, the rule has been relaxed till 22 years.
The CCL can be granted to a probationer under extreme situations — and only if the sanctioning authority is fully satisfied, and the period for which the leave is sanctioned during probation is minimal.
The rules had also clarified that the leave may not be granted in more than three spells in a calendar year, and not more than 15 days at a time.
source:Times of India
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I HAVE FINISHED MY EL TO TAKE CCL.WHILE AVAILING EL I HAVE WRITTEN IN MY APPLICATION THAT I WANT TO TAKE CCL SO I AM FINISHING MY EL.CAN I CONVERT MY EL TO CCL. PL GUIDE ME
Sir, The CCL if given to female can be misused in case of vacation of there children to go on holiday they can use CCL and the main Leave (earned leave) will not be used and she can collect the EL for 300 days with going on a holiday with children with CCL . If female has a right to use CCL why male is not have this right.
Earned Leave, if any, availed by women employees before availing CCL subsequent to the issue of the OM 13018/2/2008-Estt. (L) dated 18- 1 1-2008 may be adjusted against CCL, if so requested by the employee.But as per rule position Child care leave shall not be admissible if the child is eighteen years of age.
Sir, when the first CCL order came I Was informed by my office that orders are not clear and it required clarification. The second order came stating that we have to exhaust all EL for availing CCL and in the third order it has been clarified that those having EL can also apply. Between these clarifications, my son has completed 18 years. Even though I was entitled for it I could not avail the same, because the third order came quite late. Please, help me whether I can avail now for my child exams and study purpose which I was entitled during the first order and the third order. please help in clarifying, Thanking you in anticipation.
As per the clarification issued by DOPT, ‘CCL may not be granted for less than 15 days’ is correct.
what is this contradiction in the two; which is correct
Sep7 Child Care Leave-Clarification
i) CCL may not be granted in more than 3 spells in a calendar year.
(ii) CCL may not be granted for less than 15 days.
Sep10Now, easier for women to avail child care leave
The rules had also clarified that the leave may not be granted in more than three spells in a calendar year, and not more than 15 days at a time.