An additional 12 days of annual leave will now be available to women government employees. A statutory notification has been issued by the Finance Department regarding additional leave for menstruation. All women government employees can take this extra menstrual leave of 12 days per annum till they attain the age of 55 years.
One day of menstrual leave in every month must be taken in that month. One month’s leave cannot be transferred to the next month, it has been clarified in the notification issued by the Finance Department. Earlier last month, the state government had decided to increase the annual additional casual leave for women government employees to 12 days. In addition to the current 10 days of casual leave and 5 days of special leave, women can get an additional 12 days of leave.
Notably, the erstwhile BJ government of the state had decided to give women an additional 10 days of temporary leave for their menstruation. On March 12, 2024, the Finance Department issued a statutory notification to this effect. In other words, women employees of the state government could get 25 days leave in a year. Henceforth they will get 27 days of annual leave.