- The Centre announced that its employees will be now granted 15 days of special casual leave (SCL) in case their parents or any other family member dependent on them test positive for the Covid-19.
- In case of a government servant testing Covid-19 positive and is in home isolation and has also been hospitalised, he or she shall be granted commuted leave/SCL/earned leave (EL) for a period up to 20 days starting from the time having tested positive.
- The order has been issued to all central government ministries.
The Covid-19 has disrupted and devastated a lot of lives by now but, the frontline workers and Essential Service employees have been working continuously for the normal citizens of the country.
And now, on Wednesday, a Good News paved way to the Central Government Employees.
The Centre announced that its employees will be now granted 15 days of special casual leave (SCL) in case their parents or any other family member dependent on them test positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The report came in through an order issued by the personnel ministry.
The order that was issued mentioned detailed information regarding treatment, hospitalisation and quarantine protocols which is as follows:
- In case of active hospitalisation of any of the family members/parents even after 15 days of the expiry of SCL, the government servants may be granted leave of any kind due and admissible beyond 15 days of SCL till their discharge from hospital,
- In case of a government servant testing Covid-19 positive and is in home isolation and has also been hospitalised, he or she shall be granted commuted leave/SCL/earned leave (EL) for a period up to 20 days starting from the time having tested positive,
- In case of hospitalization beyond the 20th day from his testing Covid-positive, he shall be granted commuted leave, on production of documentary proof of hospitalization,
- If an employee comes in direct contact with a COVID-positive person and remains in-home quarantine, he shall be treated as on-duty/work from home for seven days,
- If an employee wants to spend time in quarantine as a precautionary measure in a containment zone, he shall be treated as on-duty/work from home till the containment zone is denotified.
The addition came in after a lot of employees of the centre said that they facing issues in getting casual leaves in such cases.
The order has been issued to all central government ministries.
