This Office Memorandum from the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions clarifies guidelines regarding Child Care Leave (CCL) for Central Government employees, particularly women. It references previous OMs and proposes instructions stating that leave requests for at least five working days should generally not be refused unless there are exceptional circumstances. Ministries and Departments are requested to provide their comments by January 27, 2016, and the NIC, DoPT is tasked with uploading the memorandum to the ministry’s website. The memo builds upon the introduction of CCL following the Sixth Central Pay Commission’s recommendations.
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IMMEDIATE
No. 13018/6/2013-Estt. (L)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
JNU (Old) Campus, New Delhi
Dated the 12^{th } January, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Child Care Leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government Employees as a result of Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations-Clarification-regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No.13018/2/2008-Estt.(L) dated 11/09/2008 regarding introduction of Child Care Leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government women employees. Subsequently, clarifications have been issued vide OMs dated 29.9.2008, 18.11.2008, 02.12.2008 07.09.2010, 30.12.2010, 03.03.2010 & 05.06.2014. Child Care Leave at present is allowed for women employees to facilitate them to take care of their children at the time of need. This Department is considering issuing the following instructions:-
‘In cases where a female Government servant applies for Child Care Leave for at least five working days, she should normally not be refused leave citing exigencies of work unless there are grave and extraordinarily compelling circumstances that warrant refusal’.
- Ministries/ Departments are requested that their views/ comments may be forwarded to this Department latest by \mathbf{2 7 . 0 1 . 2 0 1 6}. A soft copy may be forwarded to email of US (Allowance.) i.e. sunil.mandi@nic.in
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tele: 26164316
To
- All Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India, etc. (as per standard mailing list.)
- NIC, DoPT for uploading the OM on the web-site of the Ministry