Child Care Leave (CCL ) details

What is CCL (Child Care Leave) to Women Employees

• For women employees having minor children(below 18 years)
• If child is disabled (40% disability) upto 22 years age. Certificate regarding disability has to be produced along with certification by the employee that the child is dependent on her.
• Maximum for a period of 2 years (730 days) during the entire service.
• It may be allowed for third year as Leave not Due without production of medical certificate.
• For taking care upto 2 children.
• Admissible for 2 eldest surviving children only.
• Leave salary will be equal to the pay drawn before going on leave.
• CCL is to be treated like LAP and sanctioned as such.Not to be debited against leave account.
• It may be combined with leave of the kind due and admissible.
• With effect from 01.09.2008
• Cannot be demanded as a matter of right.
• May be availed in more than one spell.
• May not be granted for more than 3 spells in a calendar year.
• If a spell spills over to next year it may be treated as one spell in the year in which CCL commences.
• It may not be granted for less than 15 days.
• Should not ordinarily be granted during probation period except in extreme situations where the leave sanctioning authority is fully satisfied of the need of granting CCL. In any case it should be ensured that the CCL sanctioned during probationary period is kept minimum.
• The leave is to be treated like earned leave and sanctioned as such.
• Saturdays, Sundays and Gazetted holidays will also count like in earned leave.

References

• RBE 158/08 dt. 23.10.2008
• RBE 144/2010        PBC No. 150/2010 dt 04.10.2010
• RBE 58/2010        
• RBE 21/2011 dt.08.02.2011

More Questions regarding CCL (Child Care Leave):

Whether women employees of Public Sector undertakings/ Bodies etc. are entitled to?

Orders issued by DOPT are not automatically applicable to the employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings/ CCL? Autonomous Bodies, Banks, etc. It is for the PSUs/ Autonomous Bodies to decide the applicability of the rules/instructions issued for the central Government employees to their employees in consultation with their Administrative Ministries.

Whether Govt. servant can be permitted to leave station/go abroad while on CCL?

Child care leave is granted to a woman employee to take care of the needs of the minor children. If the child is studying abroad or the Government servant has to go abroad for taking care of the child she may do so subject to other conditions laid down for this purpose.

What is the intention behind the instruction that CCL is to be treated like EL and sanctioned as such?

Child care leave is granted to a woman employee to take care of the needs of the minor children. If the child is studying abroad or the Government servant has to go abroad for taking care of the child she may do so subject to other conditions laid down for this purpose.

Whether child care leave has been extended to female industrial

employees?

Child Care leave has been extended to all civilian female industrial employees covered by the CCS(Leave) Rules, 1972 subject to the conditions provided in rule 43- C of the CCS(Leave) Rules, 1972, as amended from time to time.

Grant of Child Care Leave to widower Railway employee in the event of

death of wife left behind two surviving children?

Railway Board vide letter No.E(P&A)I-2008/CPC/LE-8 dated 23.10.2008 have issued orders for grant of Child Care Leave to women employees having minor children for a maximum of two years(730 days) during their entire service for taking care of up to two children for rearing/looking after any of their need, like examination, sickness etc. During the period of such leave, women employees shall be paid leave salary equal to pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave. Child Care Leave shall not be debited against leave account.A case has come to our notice where a Railway Servant who has not re-married after death of his wife, and therefore, he has to take care of his children up to the age of 18-22(as a normal and disabled) along with his normal duties,single handedly. It is felt that in case wife of an employee expires and he does not marry, Child Care Leave Care Leave may be extended to widower employee, looking into the condition of needy Child Care Leave up to his re-marriage. Such types of cases are very few and therefore can be considered with minimum cost to the exchequer.

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Whether LTC can be availed during Child Care leave?

LTC cannot be availed during. Child Care leave as Child Care Leave is granted for the specific purpose of taking care of a minor child for rearing or for looking after any other needs of the child during examination, sickness etc.

Whether those who have availed Child Care Leave for  more than 3 spells with less than 15 days can avail further Child care leave for the remaining period of the current year?

No. As per the OM of even number dated 7.9.2010, Child Care Leave may not be granted in more than 3 spells. Hence CCL may not be allowed more than 3 times irrespective of the number of days or times Child Care Leave has been availed earlier. Past cases may not be reopened.

Source :  

http://satish24k.blogspot.in/2011/05/queries-and-clarification-regarding.html#sthash.vCEJ3pD7.dpuf

Whether CCL can be availed without prior sanction?

Under no circumstances can any employee proceed on CCL without prior approval of the Leave sanctioning authority.

Can we avail CCL for the children who are not dependents?

The Child Care Leave would be permitted only if the child is dependent on the Government servant.

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