Special Casual Leave (SCL) for Central Government Employees
7th Pay Commission Recommendation
SCL is granted to employees to cover their absence from duty for various occasions like sports events, cultural activities, participation in Republic Day Parade, voluntary blood donation, Trade Union meetings, etc. Full pay is granted during SCL and it can be sanctioned with retrospective effect also. There are demands to extend SCL to organ donors till the time they are fit to resume duty.
Analysis and Recommendations
The Commission would like to express its concern at the widespread use of SCL as a means of getting away from duty. However, because of the extensive scope and case specific nature of this leave, no concrete recommendations can be made. The government may, however, consider the following suggestions:
1. Review the purposes for which SCL is presently granted.
2. Limit the number of purposes for which an employee can be granted SCL in a year.
3. Limit the total number of days that an employee can be granted SCL in a year.
Rehana Begum says
* Limit of the casual leave, a central government employee can take at one time..
* Whether weekly day off will be cut when casual leave is availed…
* Whether day off can be granted along with casual leave…
* Whether Sunday prefix/suffix can be taken with casual leave…