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All central authorities staff will get 15 days particular informal go away if dad and mom get COVID-19
New Delhi:
All central authorities staff will be capable of get 15 days of particular informal go away (SCL) in case their dad and mom or any dependent members of the family take a look at COVID-19 constructive, in line with an order issued by the Personnel Ministry.
“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,” it mentioned.
The ministry has come out with the detailed order on remedy, regularisation of hospitalisation or quarantine interval throughout COVID-19 pandemic after it obtained a number of queries associated to it and preserving in view the “hardships faced by the government servants”.
A authorities servant shall be granted commuted go away as much as 20 days when she or he is COVID-19 constructive and is in dwelling isolation/quarantine, the order mentioned.
“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,” it mentioned.
“In case of hospitalisation beyond the 20th day from his testing COVID positive, he shall be granted commuted leave, on production of documentary proof of hospitalisation,” mentioned the order issued to all central authorities ministries.
A authorities servant shall be granted particular informal go away of 15 days in case a dependent member of the family or dad and mom (whether or not dependent or not, dwelling with him) are COVID-19 constructive, it mentioned.
In case the federal government servant comes into direct contact with a COVID-positive individual and stays in dwelling quarantine, “he shall be treated as on duty/work from home for a period of seven days”, the ministry mentioned in its order dated June 7.
It mentioned that the interval of quarantine spent by authorities servant, as a precautionary measure, residing within the containment zone “shall be treated as on duty/work from home till the containment zone is de-notified”.
These orders shall be relevant with impact from March 25, 2020 till additional orders.
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