Scheme for grant of maternity leave to female employees of Haryana Government engaged on contract basis.

No. 11/8/2014-3FR/11887

From

The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana,

Finance Department.

To,

i. All Heads of Departments,

ii. Commissioners, Ambala Division, Gurgaon Division, Hisar Division and Rohtak Division.

iii. All Deputy Commissioners and Sub Divisional Officers (Civil) in Haryana.

iv. The Registrar, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh.

Dated: Chandigarh, the 4th August ,2014

Subject: Scheme for grant of maternity leave to female employees of Haryana Government engaged on contract basis.

Sir,

      I am directed to invite a reference to Haryana Government, Finance Department office Memorandum no. 11/126/2007-1FR dated 22/06/2009 wherein it was decided to grant of maternity leave to female employees of Haryana Government engaged on contact basis up to three months. It has now been decided to raise the maximum limit of maternity leave from three months to six months to the following conditions w.e.f. 01.08.2014.

I. A Women employee eligible for maternity benefits and whose services have been hired on contract basis in a lawfully authorised manner shall be entitled to ‘fully paid maternity leave’ up to a maximum of six months or till the currency of the subsisting contract, whichever is earlier.

II. The benefit under this scheme shall be admissible only up to two living children. A woman employee who already has two living children before her contractual engagement shall not be entitled to the benefit of maternity leave.

III. This leave shall be admissible subject to completion of minimum three months service.

IV. The Heads of Department concerned shall be competent to grant maternity leave in terms of these instructions.

2. Employment in the said category being regulated in terms of Rule: 1.3 of CSR, it shall be necessary to incorporate the import of this scheme in the ‘terms and conditions’ of the contractual employment in individual cases.

3. These instructions may be brought to the notice of all concerned for strict compliance.

Yours faithfully

Sd/-

(Ram Kumar Beniwal)

Joint Secretary Finance

for Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana,

Finance Department.

Source:http://finhry.gov.in/writereaddata/Instruction/FR%20Branch/6205.pdf