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Leaves — CL / SL / EL / ML

What accrues, what lapses.

Not yet verified against an official source

West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act, 1963

Privilege leave
Fourteen days on full pay for every completed year of continuous service, accumulable to twenty-eight daysThis comes from the Labour Department's reprint of the Act in the West Bengal Labour Gazette 2011. Its footnotes run to the amending Act of 2002, so an amendment after that would not appear in this copy; and the scan carries a previous reader's yellow highlighting on the page dealing with the recovery of wages. Neither affects the figures above, and both are said here so the copy can be judged.Section 11(a) and proviso (i)
Sick leave
Fourteen days a year on half pay, on a medical certificate from a registered practitioner, accumulable to fifty-six daysSection 11(b) and proviso (ii)
Casual leave
Ten days a year on full pay, which may not be accumulatedSection 11(c) and proviso (iii)
Service before the Act applied
Employment in the shop or establishment before the Act applied to it counts when leave is calculatedExplanation to section 11
Applying for privilege leave
At least ten days before it is to start; the employer answers within a weekRule 14 of the 1964 Rules

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

Under both

Maternity leave
26 weeks for the first two surviving children; 12 weeks otherwiseCode on Social Security, 2020

Plain-language desk, not legal advice. Confirm the Gazette and the current state circular before you file.

Not yet verified against a published gazette