25-07-2025
Government employees can take 60 days leave to care for elderly parents
If you're a central government employee, you can now take up to 60 days of earned leave every year just to care for your elderly parents. This isn't a new rule -- it's part of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, but it was clarified once again in the Rajya Sabha on Minister of State Jitendra Singh confirmed that employees can use different types of leave to handle personal matters, including elder TYPE OF LEAVE CAN BE USED?Here's what's available annually to each employee:30 days of Earned Leave20 days of Half Pay Leave8 days of Casual Leave2 days of Restricted HolidayThese can all be combined in a year -- adding up to 60 days of time off for looking after elderly parents or other personal RULES THAT GO BACK DECADESThe CCS Leave Rules came into force on June 1, 1972, and cover everything from maternity and paternity leave to leave for study or rules even allow certain types of leave to be clubbed with weekends or holidays, giving employees flexibility to take longer breaks when ACCOUNT MAINTAINED FOR EACH EMPLOYEEEvery employee has a 'leave account', which gets updated twice a year -- on January 1 and July 1. Earned leave accumulates at 2.5 days per like maternity, paternity, or child adoption aren't counted from the regular leave balance and are granted when needed.(With agency inputs)- Ends
