Order 10. Leave

(1) Holidays with pay shall be allowed as provided for in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020) and other holidays in accordance with law, contract, custom and usage as applicable.

(2) A leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right.

(3) A worker desiring to obtain leave of absence shall apply to the employer or any other officer of the industrial establishment specified in this behalf by the employer at least seven days in advance from the date of proposed date of leave.

(4) The officer shall issue an order thereon within a week or two days prior to the commencement of the leave applied.

(5) Where the leave applied for is to commence on the date of the application or within three days thereof, the worker shall state the reasons for late submission of application and the order on such leave shall be given on the same day.

(6) Where the leave is refused or postponed, the fact of such refusal or postponement and the reasons there for shall be communicated in writing.

(7) Where a worker, after proceeding on leave, desires an extension thereof, he shall apply to the authorised officer who shall communicate either granting or refusing extension of leave in writing or electronic mode, and such communication shall reach before the expiry of the leave originally granted.

(8) Leave with wages and allowances shall be granted to all the workers in accordance with the law as applicable under these standing orders.

(9) No worker while on leave shall take up any employment or vocation for profit or gain.