Hours Of Employment Regulations

Filed under: Railway Acts in brief damodarankp @ 1:27 am THE HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS

Now known as Railway Servants ( Hours of Work and Period of Rest) Rules 2005 w.e.from 28-02-2005. HOER will apply to all non-gazetted railway servants including Casual Labour and substitutes, except those governed under Factories act, the Mines act, Minimum wages act and Merchants Shipping act. All Railway servants governed by the HOUR are presumed to be under Continuous classification unless they are declared to be otherwise by the prescribed authority. Classification of an employment cannot be of permanent nature. The changes takes due to increase or decrease of workload either for fluctuations in Traffic, or changes in time table or for other causes may arise for change of classification of an employment. The question may be raised by Administration itself or by (1) individual Rly employee, (2) recognized Trade Union, (3) Labour Enforcement Officer of the Labour Department of India. The workload of an employment may be assessed by conducting factual job analysis. Classification: (1) Intensive, (2) Essentially Intermittent, (3) Excluded, (4) Continuous.

(1) Intensive: The employment of a railway servant is said to be intensive when it has been declared to be so by the prescribed authority on the ground that it is of strenuous nature including hard manual labour with little or no period of relaxation. Eg: Telephone operators, section Controllers etc (2) Essentially Intermittent: . Daily hours of duty of a Rly servant normally include periods of inaction aggregating 6 hours or more ( including at least one such period of not less than one hour or two periods of not less than half an hour each) during which the Rly servant may be on duty but not called upon to display either physical activity or sustained attention. Eg: C class gate man, care takers of rest houses, attendants, bungalow peons etc. (3)Excluded: a) Staff employed in confidential capacity,b) Armed guards, c) Staff of Rly School imparting technical training or academic education, d) staff classified as supervisory, e) such staff of health and Medical department as may be specified by the prescribed authority etc.

(4) Continuous : staff who are not classified as intensive, essentiallyintermittent or excluded are continuous. Eg: Non supervisory clerks, Guards, drivers, ASMs Parcel clerks, etc. Classification Intensive Continuous E.I For workers not required Prep/Complementary work 42 hrs in a week 48 hours in a week 48 + 24 hrs when provided with quarters within 0.5 km from the work spot. And others 12 hrs extra For workers required to do Prep/Complementary work 42+ 3 Hrs for Prep/Complementary work 48 + max 6 Hrs for Prep/Complementary work 48 + 24 hrs when provided with quarters within 0.5 km from the work spot. And others 12 hrs extra 3hrs and 4 hrs Prep/Complementary work Short off: Short off means a short period of rest between the ends of one rostered duty and the beginning of the following fostered duty. It is a period of rest where it is less than 12 hrs in a roster of 6 hrs, 14 hrs in case of mixed roaster of 6hrs & 8 hrs, 10 hrs in case of continuous workers and less than 8 hrs in the case of EI classification. Long on : long on is a period of duty (excusive of period or periods of break) for long hours and spread over 8 hrs in the case of intensive , over 10 hrs for continuous and over 12 hrs for EI workers. Split shift: It means a shift, which is punctuated with intervals. During interval the employee is free to leave the work spot. Split of duty should not exceed three in all with the number of intervals being two. Any interval of less than half an hour should be treated as duty. Spread over: It is a period that includes spells of duty and periods of intervals. As far as possible, the spread over should not exceed 16 hrs, provided, the rest between 22 hrs and 6 hrs is not broken. It should be limited to 14 hrs if the rest between 22hrs to 6 hrs is broken.

LEAVE RULES
Filed under: LEAVE, HOLIDAYS etc damodarankp @ 9:23 pm GENERAL LEAVE RULES Kinds of Leave Eligibility Details Leave on Average Pay 30 days in a year, credited in Maximum 300 days. As per 6th (LAP) advance 1st jan & July. PC, 10 days each can be encashed in every alternate year, ( max 6 times) provided there is balance 10 days is left. Leave on Half Average 20 days in a year, credited in No restriction for maximum. It Pay (LHAP) advance 1st jan can be commuted to LAP by surrendering 2 times the LAP. Leave not due 360 days maximum in ones Advance granted to permanent carrier. employee Casual Leave 8 days from 1-1-1998 Those who are enjoying gazetted holidays 10 days Those who are not enjoying gazetted holidays 4 additional CL shall be granted to persons with disability ( Equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation0 Act 1995. (RBE 201/2008) SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE for family welfare operation Males Vasectomy 1sttime 6 days2nd time 6 days operationTubectomy operation of wife 7 days Females Tubectomy operationInsertion 1sttime 14 days2nd time 14 days of IUCD 1 day After Medical Termination Pregnancy undergoing 14 days Salpingetomy operation Both Males and Females Period of hospitilationNot to fit 7 days for males and 14 days for for post operation to work females complicationdo 21 days of hospitalization and journey time. For Recanalisation COMPENSATORY CASUAL LEAVE (Compensatory Rest) Group C & D (excluding In lieu of working Sunday / Must be availed within 30 days of supervisors Holidays working.Those who are not entitled for CRs are eligible for conveyance charges. Maternity Leave For confinement 180 days 1) In case of Still born child, (2) Having less than two surviving

children For miscarriage / 45 days During entire service abortion Maternity Leave may be combined with any other kind of leave including leave not due, up to a maximum of 2 years in continuation, if applied, without medical certificate. ( RBE 158/2008) Child Care Leave : Women employees having minor children may be granted child care leave for 2 years during the entire service. Paternity leave : a male employee including an apprentice with less than 2 surviving children are eligible for 15 days Paternity leave. Can be availed 15 days in advance or within 6 months of delivery. ( RBE 154/97, 249/99) CHILD ADOPTION LEAVE An adoptive mother with 135 days for child upto one Can be combined with any other less than 2 surviving year of age. kind of leave. children HOSPITAL LEAVE D&C staff for illness or injury directly First 120 days full pay, remaining due to risk incurred in course half pay and total period doesnot of official duties. exceed 28 months. SPECIAL DISABILITY LEAVE Employee who has been injured by an injury caused Upto 24 months, one or more intentionally by someone or arisen due to performance spell. Non debitable. of his duties. EXTRA ORDINARY LEAVE When no other leave is due, or he applies for it. No Maximum 5 years at a stretch for leave salary is paid. Can be combined with other leave. regular staff and 3 months for temp. staff. Period spent on Extra Ordinary Leave not for the purpose of study leave shall not be counted as qualifying service for pensionary benefits. ( RBE 33/2011 dt.10-032011) STUDY LEAVE For higher studies in subject having direct bearing on Upto 12 months at a time and 24 ones sphere of duties. Refund the cost incurred by govt months in entire carrier. if quits within 3 years. The period spent on study leave shall be counted for earning both LAP & LHAP. (RBE 1/2011 dated 04-01-2011)