Leaves — CL / SL / EL / ML
What accrues, what lapses.
Not yet verified against an official source
Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1956 (Odisha Act 30 of 1956)
- Establishments the Act reaches
- 20 or more employeesBelow twenty employees the Act does not reach the establishment at all — with one exception. Section 4A requires the establishment's name on a sign board in Odia, and it applies irrespective of the number of employees.Section 1(2-a), inserted by section 2 of the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2025 — Odisha Act 01 of 2026, Odisha Gazette Extraordinary No. 203 of 16 January 2026, in force from 8 November 2025
- Earned leave eligibility
- 240 days worked in a yearLeave is then allowed in the following year at one day for every twenty days worked by an adult, and one for every fifteen for an adolescent.Section 14(1)
- Carry-forward
- 30 days for an adultForty days for an adolescent. Leave not taken in a year is added to the following year's, up to that ceiling.Proviso to section 14(6)
- What counts as days worked
- Lay-off, maternity leave up to twelve weeks, and leave earned in the previous yearExplanation 1 to section 14(1)
- Casual and sick leave
- Not yet addedThe Act provides annual leave with wages and has no separate casual or sick leave head. Nothing has been read across from another State's Act.
OSH Code, 2020
- Earned leave
- 1 day for every 20 days workedOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- Earned leave eligibility
- After 180 days of work in a calendar yearOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- Earned leave carry-forward
- Up to 30 daysOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- Casual or sick leave
- No separate entitlement in the CodeOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020