Male government employees are now entitled to child care leave (CCL), Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. Jitendra Singh said the orders regarding this had been issued quite some time back but somehow did not receive enough circulation in the public.
“Single male parent included employees who were unmarried or widower or divorce and might therefore be expected to take up the responsibility of caring for a child single-handedly”, he said.
The Union Minister also informed that an employee on Child Care Leave may now leave the headquarter with the prior approval of Competent Authority.
“The Leave Travel Concession (LTC) may be availed by the employee even if he is on Child Care Leave. Elaborating further, he informed that Child Care Leave can be granted at 100 percent of leave salary for the first 365 days and 80 percent of leave salary for the next 365 days,” the release said.