1. PRIVELEGE LEAVE

Privilege leave other than for the purpose of availing the Leave Fare Concession should be applied not less than 10 days before the proposed date of commencement of such leave.

Privilege leave taken on sick grounds when there is no credit in the sick leave account of the employee, will not be construed as an occasion of availing privilege leave.

Privilege Leave accruing to an employee shall be allowed to be accumulated beyond 240 days up to a maximum of 270 days. However, encashment of privilege leave shall be restricted up to a maximum of 240 days.
2. Unavailed Casual Leave

Casual Leave not availed of the year 2017 or in any subsequent years shall lapse in the following five years .
On and from 1st November 2020, although the availment of unavailed casual leave (UCL) by the officers in the following year shall continue to be permitted only on medical Grounds, production of medical certificate need not, henceforth be instead Upon In case the period of such unavailed casual leave at the stretch not exceeding 4 days.

3. MATERNITY LEAVE

Clause 30 of Bipartite Settlement dated 27th April 2010 shall be substituted by the following:

(A). Maternity leave, which shall be on substantive pay, shall be granted to a female officer for a period not exceeding 6 months on any one occasion and 12 months during the entire period of her service.

Note:

In case of delivery of twins, the period of Maternity Leave shall be 8 months.
Maternity Leave may be availed combining with any other kind of leave except casual leave.

(B). In case of miscarriage/MTP/abortion, maternity leave may be granted as a rule up to 6 weeks on the basis of medical certificate/advice of a competent medical practitioner, i.e. a qualified gynecologist. In Special /exceptional cases involving medical complications, associated with miscarriage /MTP/Abortion. Maternity Leave may be granted beyond 6 weeks if advised by a competent medical practitioner (qualified gynecologist) but up to 6 months only on any one occasion, within the overall limit of 12 months during the entire period of service.

(C). Within the overall period of 12 months, leave may also be granted in case of hysterectomy up to a maximum of 60 days.

Note: In the case of employee who has availed and exhausted Maternity Leave of 12 Months, Leave of 15 days shall be sanctioned over and above the same, subject to production of medical certificate.

(D). Leave may also be granted once during service to a childless female officer for legally adopting a child who is below one year of age for a maximum period of nine months subject to the following terms and conditions: –

Leave will be granted for adoption of only one child.
The adoption of a child should be through a proper legal process and the employee should produce the adoption-deed to the Bank for sanctioning such leave.
The permanent part time employee are also eligible for grant of leave for adoption of a child.
The leave shall also be available to biological mother in cases where the child is born through surrogacy.
The leave shall be availed within overall entitlement of 12 months during the entire period of service.

(E). Within the overall period of 12 months, leave may also be granted in case of hospitalization on amount of the following gynecological ailments/treatments up to a maximum of 30 days

AUB(Abnormal uterine bleeding
Ovarian Tumor
Tubectomy/Tubectomy reversal
Post-Partum Depression(PPD)
Post-Partum Hemorrhage
Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease(Acute PID)
Dysfunction Uterine Bleeding; Dysfunction(DUB)

4. PATERNITY LEAVE

With effect from 01.06.2015, male officer employees with up to two surviving children shall be eligible for 15 days paternity leave during his wife’s confinement. This leave may be combined with any other kind of leave except casual leave. The leave shall be applied up to 15 days before or up to 6 months from the date of delivery of the child.

Not: Paternity Leave as above shall be allowed to employees with up to surviving children for legally adopting a child who is below one year of age.
5. Sick leave

An officer employee upon completion of 30 years of service shall be eligible for further additional sick leave of three month at the rate of one month for each year of service in excess of 30 years subject to a maximum of 720 days in entire service.

Women officer employees can avail sick leave for the sickness of their children of 8 years and below subjected to production of medical certificate.
6. Special Casual Leave

With effect from 1st November 2020, special casual leave may be granted to an employee on occasions when the branch where the employee is working or the place where the employees is residing is affected by curfew, riots, prohibitory orders, natural calamities, flood etc.
With effect from 1st November 2020, 4 days special casual leave shall be granted to all physically/ orthopedically handicapped employees each year.

7. Extraordinary leave

In partial modification of close 13.34 of settlement dated 19th October 1966, (in case of State Bank of India, clause 7.34 of agreement dated 31st March 1967) and clause 36 of settlement dated 25th May 2015, in exceptional circumstances, extraordinary leave may be sanctioned (without wages) not exceeding three month or any one occasion (up to four months in extreme medical circumstances) and up to a maximum of 24 months during the entire period of an employee’s service.

Note: – The employee will not be losing any seniority on account of availing extra ordinary leave on medical ground.