IREC Rule No.539: Leave To Workshop Staff
- Leave To Workshop Staff:-
(1) Skilled artisans as also semi-skilled and un-skilled workman will earn leave on average pay, half average pay and commuted leave and leave not due in accordance with these rules.
(2) Workshop staff may be allowed to take leave with pay, if due, or without pay, for periods not less than half a day. For this purpose leave for half a day means authorized absence from duty for over half an hour either during the first period before interval or the second period of any day on which the workshop remains open for both the periods. This concession however, is restricted to six occasions in a year.
Railway Ministry’s Decision: The practice of granting half a day’s leave against leave account to staff other than those employed in workshops may be allowed to continue where it is covered by express orders on the subject.
[Authority: No.F(E)49LE 2/5, 05.09.1949]