Casual Labour: RBE No.251/1988 – Upper Limit of Authorised Absence

No.E(NG)II-88/CL/18, dated 01.11.1988

Sub: Increase in the upper limit of authorised absence of project casual labour.

1.    Attention of the Railway Administrations is invited to the instructions contained in this Ministry’s letter No.E(NG)II-76/CL/116, dated 21.03.1977, in terms of which authorised absence of causal labour upto a period of twenty days will not constitute a break in service for purpose of reckoning continuous employment, which is one of the criteria for determining eligibility for grant of temporary status. This includes also a period of upto three days of unauthorised absence vide Ministry’s letter No.E(NG)II-79/CL/26, dated 28.07.1979.

2.    Pursuant to certain demands made by the ALF in the PNM meeting about terms of employment of casual labour a separate meeting was held with the said federation on 15/16.06.1988. In the course of discussion in this meeting, the Federation pointed out that the period of 20 days referred to above require to be suitably revised upwards in the casual labour, having regard to the fact that they become entitled to the minimum of the scale only after completing 180 days of continuous employment and again they are eligible for temporary status only on completion of 360 days of continuous employment.

5.    The matter has been examined by the Ministry of Railways in the light of the points urged by the Federation.   The Ministry have now decided that in the case of project casual labour, the upper limit of twenty days (inclusive of three days unauthorised absence) should be raised to thirty days (inclusive of three days on authorised absence).   

4.    These instructions will take effect from 1^st October, 1988.

5.    This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.251/1988                                             

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