Maternity Leave (ML) / Paternity Leave (PL) for Railway Employees

It is a full pay leave not debited to any account.

It is granted as under:

For confinement	180 days
Miscarriage/Abortion	45 days during service
Female Casual workers	4 weeks

1.     Temporary Railway employees may be granted Maternity Leave if their employment is likely to continue till they come back to service may be granted Maternity Leave on the basis of Medical Certificate.

2.    It may be combined with any other type of leave.

3.    Any leave (including LND) upto a maximum 2 years may be granted in continuation of ML if applied for without Medical Certificate.

Paternity Leave (PL) for Railway Employees

·                     Granted to male Railway employees (including Apprentices) with less than 2 surviving children.

·                     Granted for 15 days.

·                     During the period of confinement of wife of a Railway employee. Can be availed in the period between 15 days prior and 6 months after the date delivery of the child.

·                     Can availed only in one spell.

·                     If not availed it will be lapsed.

·                     It is not to be debited against leave account.

·                     Maybe combined with any other type of leave as in Maternity Leave.

·                     Leave salary equal to pay drawn just before proceeding on leave.

·                     Paternity Leave may not normally be refused.

·                     May be granted to Casual Labour who has temporary status for 15 days.

·                     With effect from 22.07.2009 it can be sanctioned in case of valid adoption of a child below one year for 15 days. It can be availed within 6 months from the date of adoption.

Source: Maternity Leave