Government employees can go abroad while on a child care leave, according to new guidelines of the Personnel Ministry. They can also avail Leave Travel Concession (LTC) -- which allow leave and reimbursement of two and fro expenses-- during the child care leave period, it said. This clarification from the Personnel Ministry follows after it received references with regard to the child care leave (CCL) from different government departments. As per the existing rules, women employees, having minor children, may be granted child care leave for a maximum period of two years (i.e. Child care leave shall not be admissible if the child is 18 years of age or older, the rules say.

Source: dna April 15, 2018 05:48 UTC