Leave policy in India l Labour Laws l

The leave policies in India are governed by various central and state laws formed for the different classes of employees. 

The workmen working in factories are governed by the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, and the employees working in Companies are mainly governed by the provisions of the respective Shops and Establishment Act enforced by the state.

In this blog, I aim to cover the relevant leave policies for the metro cities in India as per the relevant provisions of the Shops and Establishment Act of the state.

Name of the State	Sick Leave				Casual Leave			Earned Leave
	Entitlement	No. of leaves		Accumulation	Entitlement	No. of leaves	Accumulation	Entitlement	No. of leaves	Accumulation
West Bengal   (Kolkata)	Date of joining	14 days of leaves with half pay on presentation of a medical certificate.		Maximum accumulation up to 56 Days	Date of Joining the organization	10 days	N.A.	On completion of a year of service.	14 days	Maximum accumulation up to 28 days
Delhi	In Delhi, the Company may either give Sick/Casual Leaves as per the following policy.				1 Day for every month of employment	12	N.A.	5 days for every 4 Months of service	15 Days except for a watchman or Caretaker who shall be entitled to 30 days of earned leaves during a year.	Maximum accumulation up to 3 Times the period of leaves to which the employee is entitled to after every 12 months of employment
Karnataka   (Bangalore)	One day for every 30 days of work.	Maximum 12 Days	N.A.		N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	On working during a year, to be credited during the subsequent year	1 Day for every 20 days of work for an Adult	45 Days
									1 Day for every 15 days of work for a young person	45 Days
Maharashtra   (Mumbai)	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.		To be credited on a Quarterly Basis i.e. 2 in each quarter.	08 days during the year	N.A.	On the working of 240 days in a year, to be allowed in the subsequent year. work.	One leave for every 20 days of work. performed Further, every person who has completed 3 months of service in any year shall be allowed a maximum of 5 days of leaves for every 60 days of work.	45 Days
Tamil Nadu   (Chennai)	Date of joining	Maximum 12 Days	N.A.		Date of Joining	Maximum 12 days	N.A.	For every year of work, leaves to be given in the subsequent year	12 Days	45 Days
Rajasthan   (Jaipur)	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.		N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	On working 240 days in a year leaves to be credited in the subsequent year	1 Day for  every 12 days of work performed for an Adult.	30 Days
									1 Day for every 15 days of work performed for a Child.	40 Days
Telangana   (Hyderabad)	Joining the Organization	Maximum 12 Days	N.A.		Joining the organization	Maximum 12 Days	N.A.	On working 240 days in a year leaves to be credited in the subsequent year	15 Days	60 Days   (Leave encashment for every 8 Days in a year)
Haryana   (Gurgaon)	On joining the organization	7 days in a year	N.A.		On joining the organization	7 days in a year	N.A.	On working of at least 20 days in a year for adults	One day for every 20 days of employment for an adult	Maximum accumulation of 30 days for an adult.
								On working of 15 days for a young person.	One day for every 15 days of employment	Maximum accumulation of 40 days for a young person.

Further, as stated earlier, the workmen working in factories in India are governed by the relevant provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, and the provisions relating to leaves for workmen of the factory, as prescribed under the act are given below:

Types of leave	Entitlement	No. of leaves	Accumulation
Earned leaves	On working 240 days in the previous year, the leaves will be allowed in the subsequent year.	One leave for 20 days of work for an adult worker	30 days.
		One leave for 15 days of work for a child	40 days

Kind Attention: The information provided herein is for educational purposes only and the author assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content.