Uniform Leave Rules
Uniform Leave Rules
The government has been debating all inclusive leave policies for full-time instructors in government-aided institutions, counting once supported colleges within the state, for a whereas presently. With respect to reliable leave policies for full-time teachers at government-sponsored colleges within the state, the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education has offered some recommendations.
Annexure
- A leave of absence from work cannot be requested as a matter of right and will only be approved upon application from a college instructor or principal and only after sufficient justification has been provided. When service obligations so dictate, the authority authorized to grant any kind of leave may, if already granted, revoke all or a portion of that leave.
- If a college teacher has been granted leave with suffixed or prefixed holidays, and the principal or teacher fails to report for duty after the holidays have passed, they will be considered absent from duty without leave and will not be paid for that time unless and until the Governing Body instructs them otherwise.
- No leave of absence may be taken by a teacher who is suspended.
- The Governing Body's Principal or President may call a teacher or principal back to work at any time, unless there are medical reasons to do otherwise. In such a case, the teacher or principal will receive any necessary travel expenses that the Principal or President may determine.
- After a teacher resigns, retires on superannuation, or quits willingly, no leave will be recorded to their leave account.
- If a teacher or principal misses work without permission, they may face disciplinary punishment as outlined in the relevant university's statute, act, or regulations, to which their college is linked.
- All requests for leave or an extension of leave must be submitted in writing to the Principal or, in the case of a Principal, the President of the Governing Body, and authorization must be obtained before the requested leave or extension of leave is taken.
- Unless authorized by the leave sanctioning authority, no teacher on leave may return to work before the end of the leave period that has been given to them.
- All government-aided teachers, including those at formerly supported colleges in the state, are subject to these leave regulations.
- "Leave" shall mean, subject to the general principles mentioned above, the following: (i) Casual Leave; (ii) Earned Leave; (iii) On Duty Absence; (iv) Study Leave; (v) Special Study Leave; (vi) Maternity Leave; (vii) Quarantine Leave; (viii) Medical Leave/Half Pay Leave; (ix) Commuted Leave; (x) Extraordinary Leave; (xi) Compensatory Leave; (xii) Leave Not Due; (xiii) Special Disability Leave.
- Leave typically starts on the day it is actually used and ends on the day before the employee returns to work. Sundays are holidays, so leave can be prefixed or suffixed to leave; however, in order to prefix or suffix leave holidays longer than three days, prior approval from the authority authorized to grant the leave must be obtained.