Sixth Pay Commission: Maternity leave raised to 6 months

Sixth Pay Commission: Maternity leave raised to 6 months

10 Oct 2008

JAIPUR: In what may be termed as a Dussehra gift in election year from the Vasundhara Raje government to its women employees,

the state government has decided to extend maternity leave from the current 135 days to 180 days.

A government communique on Thursday said that the extended leave may also be availed by those women employees who are

currently on a maternity leave.

Suitable amendments are also being made in the Rajasthan Service Act for incorporating the increased leave, it said.

In fact, the state government on Thursday also accepted the demands of a section of workers and grant Assured Career

Progression (ACP) to them at nine, 18 and 27 years of service if they have already availed of selection payscale at these

years.

Earlier, the government on September 12, 2008, while announcing the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission, had decided

to follow the lines of the Centre and give ACP to its workers only after the com-pletion of 10, 20 and 30 years of service.

However, a section of the workers had been demanding ACP after completion of nine, 18 and 27 years of service. The demands

were based on the fact that the state already has provisions of opting for a selection payscale after completion of nine, 18

and 27 years of service.

On Thursday, the government announced that those workers who have already availed of a selection pay scale on the completion

of nine, 18 or 27 years of service will be able to avail the facility of an ACP at nine, 18 and 27 years of service itself

instead of the earlier announced 10, 20 and 30 years.

In yet another bonanza for its employees, the state government also changed its earlier stance of deducting the house rent

for those employees staying at government quarters from September 1, 2008 instead of the earlier announced January 1, 2007.

A release from the state government clarified that the government on September 12, 2008, had announced that the deduction for

those workers staying in government houses on a revised rate would be imple-mented from January 1, 2007 - the date from which

the state has agreed to pay arrears to its employees.

However, now the decision stands revised and the employees will not have to pay the sum accruing between January 1, 2007 to

August 31, 2008.

Rajasthan is the first state in the country to have notified the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission and has decided

to implement it in the state for its employees from September 1, 2006.

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