GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
Public Services –
Outsourcing and Contract Services – Married Women Employees – Sanction of one
hundred and eighty (180) days paid Maternity Leave – Orders – Issued.
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FINANCE (HR.I-Plg. & Policy)
DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.17 Dated:31-01-2019
Read
the following :-
1. G.O.Ms.No.53, Finance (HR.I-Plg.
& Policy) Dept., dt.01.05.2018
2. G.O.Rt.No.3080, General Admn
(Cabinet) Dept, dt. 09.09.2014.
& & &
ORDER :
In the
Government order 1st read above, orders were issued for sanction of
sixty (60) days of paid maternity leave equivalent to the existing remuneration
drawn by the women employees working on Contract or on Outsourcing basis for
the first two deliveries to the married women employees, duly relaxing the
cases of employees having less-than two surviving children.
2. In the
Government order 2nd read above, the Government have constituted a
committee of Group of Ministers under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister for
Finance to review the existing system of contractual employment and make
necessary recommendations.
3. The Group of
Ministers (GoM) in principle have agreed for sanctin of 180 days of paid
maternity leave to the female married employees.
4. After careful
examination of the matter Government hereby order that the married women
contract & outsourcing employees are eligible for 180 days of paid
maternity leave for the first two deliveries. This condition is relaxed in
cases of employees having less than two surviving children.
5. The paid
maternity leave shall be equivalent to the existing remuneration drawn by the
above women employees. The statutory benefits such as EPF and ESI and other
recoveries wherever admissible shall also be admissible by treating them as “on
duty”.
6. These orders
come into force with effect from 01.04.2019.
7. The benefit
of 180 days of paid maternity leave is a admissible to the women employees
working on the contract and outsourcing basis.
8. Copy of this
order is available on line and can be accessed at address: http://www.ap.gov.in/goir.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE
GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
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