F) LEAVE RULES & REGULATIONS The following leave Rules and Regulations shall be followed by Multimode Group. These rules shall be followed strictly without any exceptions and any deviation shall be reported to Competent Authority promptly for necessary information and consideration, as the case may be. A)
Important Issues Relating to Leave 1.
Leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right. Leave has to be earned by duty only.
2.
The period spent on deputation and on tour shall be counted as duty.
3.
Leave application shall be addressed to the competent authority and it must be submitted through proper channel and must reach HRD at least 3 (three) days before. No employee shall be allowed any leave unless the leave application is forwarded timely by the Head of the Dept/Offices.
4.
The competent authority shall have the right to refuse leave/grant leave for a shorter period than applied for and revoke leave and recall the employee before the expiry of his/her leave.
5.
All employees must resume duties on the expiry of leave initially granted or as subsequently curtailed or extended. Overstay may entail punishment including dismissal from service.
6.
Employees on leave shall not accept any employment or any office of profit.
7.
Before proceeding on leave, charges shall be made over to another employee as directed by competent authority.
8.
An employee who was granted leave on medical ground exceeding 7 (seven) days must accompany a fitness certificate from a registered Medical Practitioner on return to his/her duty.
9.
Frequent leave on piece meal basis shall be discouraged.
10.
If any employee in violation of the condition laid down in Rule 3 above simply files the leave application and proceeds on leave he/she shall remain absent and the period of such absence shall be treated as unauthorized absence and he/she shall remain liable to disciplinary action for that absence.
11.
Leave may be taken on Medical ground in combination with other leave granted earlier.