IREC Rule No.551(B): Paternity Leave To Male Casual Railway Employees Who Have Been Granted Temporary Status

551(B).Paternity Leave To Male Casual Railway Employee Who Has Been Granted Temporary Status:-

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 working days equal to the wages drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.

[Authority: RBE No.110/1999, No.E(P&A)I-98/CPC/LE-6, 21.05.1999]