(A) Maternity leave, which shall be on substantive pay, shall be granted to a female employee generally for a period not exceeding 6 months on any one occasion and 12 months during the entire period of her service.
Note: (i) in case of delivery of twins, the period of Maternity Leave shall be 12 months.
(ii) Maternity Leave may be availed combining with any other kind of leave except casual leave.
Maternity Leave will be granted for In vitro fertility (IVF) treatment subject
to production of medical certificate, within the overall limit of 12 months.
Special maternity leave upto 60 days shall be granted in case of still born
or death of the infant within 28 days of birth.
(B) In case of miscarriage/MTP/abortion, maternity leave may be granted as a rule upto 6 weeks on the basis of medical certificate/advice of a competent medical practitioner, i.e. a qualified gynaecologist. In special/exceptional cases involving medical complications, associated with miscarriage/MTP/abortion, maternity leave may be granted beyond 6 weeks if advised by a competent medical practitioner (qualified gynaecologist) but upto 6 months only on any one occasion, within the overall limit of 12 months during the entire period of service.
(C) Within the overall period of 12 months, leave may also be granted in case of hysterectomy upto a maximum of 60 days.
Note: In the case of employees who have availed and exhausted Maternity Leave of 12 months, leave of 15 days shall be sanctioned over and above the same, subject to production of Medical Certificate.
(d) Leave may also be granted once during service to a female employee for legally adopting a child who is below one year of age, for a maximum period of 9 months, subject to the following terms and conditions: –
(i) Leave will be granted for adoption of only one child.
(ii) 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.
(iii) The permanent part-time employees are also eligible for grant of leave or adoption of a child.
(iv) The leave shall also be available to biological mother in cases where the child is born through surrogacy.
(v) The leave shall be availed within overall entitlement of 12 months during the entire period of service.
(e) Within the overall period of 12 months, leave may also be granted in case of hospitalisation on account of the following gynecological ailments/treatments upto a maximum of 30 days.
AUB (Abnormal uterine bleeding)
Ovarian Tumor
Tubectomy/Tubectomy reversal
Post-Partum Depression (PPD)
Post-Partum Hemorrhage (PPH)
Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Acute PID)
Dysfunction Uterine Bleeding; Dysfunction (DUB)
