Maternity leave, which shall be substantive pay, shall be granted to a female employee for a period not exceeding 6 months on any one occasion and 12 months during the entire period of her service.
Within the overall period of 12 months, leave may also be granted in case of miscarriage / abortion / MTP.
Leave may also be granted once during service to a childless female employee for legally adopting a child who is below on year of age for a maximum period of 6 months or till the child reaches the age of one year, whichever is earlier subject to the following terms and conditions:-
Leave will be granted for adoption of only one child.
The adoption of a child should be through a proper legal process and the employee should produce the adoption deed to the Bank for sanctioning such leave.
The above facility of Materinity Leave would also be available to a biological mother in cases where the child is born thorugh surrogacy.
Paternity Leave would be extended on the lines of Government employees. i.e. 15 days at a time on 2 occasions.
Materinity Leave, within the overall entitlement, would be granted for 60 days (now 45 days) in the case of hysterectomy.
The temporary and part-time employees are also eligible for grant of leave for adoption of a child and where the child is born thorugh surrogacy.
A competent authority may grant leave of any other kind admissible to the employee in combination with or in continuation of maternity leave if the request for its grant is supported by sufficient medical certificate.