No Upper Age Limit, Child Care Leave AP Go.36
Child Care Leave No Upper Age limit to the Child: AP Govt. has issued GO.36 Dt:16/03/2024 in regard to avail Child Care leave facility without age limit of children. This removal of age limit to all women employees to get child care leave is great achievement of AP JAC, AP Secretariat Association. This is good news for all women employees of AP State. Previously, it was not possible to avail child care leave as 18 years age was upper limit barrier. And also Child Care leave would be permitted only if the child is dependent on the Govt. Servant. The complete Go.36 Dt:17/03/24 is regarding avail of Child Care Leave without any age limit of Children is as follows.
The Govt. of AP has decided to let all women who work for the government take time off when they need to look after their kids. They can use this time to care for their children, whether it’s for school exams, when they’re sick, or just to spend time with them. And there’s no age limit for this benefit anymore.
At first AP Government have permitted the women employees to avail child care leave facility for two months viz.. sixty (60) days in the entire service to take care of the minor child for rearing or for looking after any other needs of the child during school or college examinations, sickness etc., subject to certain conditions such as two months can be sanctioned in not less than 3 spells to look after two children up to the age of 18 years and with disabled children up to 22 years. The Child Care leave would be permitted only if the child is dependent on the Government Servant etc.
Further, AP Government have enhanced child care leave facility from 60 days to 180 days in the entire service in respect of women employees. The same facility is extended to the “single” male employees (widower/divorcee)”.
In addition to the above, maximum spells to avail the eligible Child Care Leave of 180 days or part of 60 days is modified to that of 10 spells in entire service.
As per the representations of the President, AP Secretariat Association, the President, A.P. Secretariat Women Employees Welfare Association and the Chairman, AP JAC Amaravati have “requested to remove age limit to look after two children for all women employees upto retirement”.
After careful examination of the Child Care Leave matter, hereby remove the upper age limit and permit all women Government employees to avail prescribed child care leave facility in their service. Before retirement to take care of the minor child for rearing or for looking after any other needs of the child during school or college examinations, sickness etc.
All the Departments of A.P. Secretariat, Heads of Departments, the Collectors and District Magistrates and other competent authorities shall take necessary action in the matter accordingly.