The Shops and Establishments Act regulate the payment of wages, hours of work, the interval for rest, opening and closing hours, holidays, overtime work, annual leave, sick leave, casual leave, condition of employment, etc.
Types of Leave under Shops and Establishment Act
Casual Leave (CL)
Casual leaves are the leaves provided for urgent or unforeseen matters where employees need to take a half day or one day off.
Types of casual leaves:
- Half-day leave – Leave taken by the employee for half of the day. ( either in the first half or second half of the day) Generally, the employee takes half-day leaves when they have to go to banks, attend PTMs, or for other personal reasons.
- One-day leave – Leave taken by the employee for one-day to take care of personal chores.
Earned/Privilege Leave (EL)
Earned leave is the leave entitled by the employee since they work with a company. They have generally planned leaves, so the employees need to get approval from their employers in advance unless there is an emergency.
Sick Leave/Medical Leave (SL)
Sick or medical leaves are the leaves entitled when an employee falls ill and cannot come to work.
The leaves here under provided are collated from shops and establishments acts of various states and is subject to change vide amendments issued by state government from time to time
| States | Earned Leave (EL) | Sick Leave (SL) | Casual Leave (CL) | Max Carry Forward Days (EL) |
| Andaman & Nicobar Island | 15 days (After 240 days or more of continuous period of twelve months) | 12 days (After the first twelve months of his continuous service) | 12 days (After the first twelve months of his continuous service) | 45 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 15 (After 240 days of continuous service) | 12 (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 12 (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 60 |
| Assam | 16 (After 12 months of continuous service) | 12 (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 12 (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 30 |
| Bihar | 18 (After 240 days of continuous service) | 12 (half wages on production of medical certificate every year) | 12 (full pay every year) | 45 |
| Chandigarh | 18 (After 20 days of continuous service) | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| Chhattisgarh | 30 days (After 12 months of continuous service) | No provision | 14 days | Not exceeding three months or 90 days |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 15 days (After 240 days of continuous service) | 9 days (during 12 month of continuous service) | 6 days (during 12 month of continuous service) | 45 |
| Daman and Diu | 15 days (After 240 days of continuous service) | 9 days (during 12 month of continuous service) | 6 days (during 12 month of continuous service) | 45 |
| Delhi | 15 days (after 12 months of continuous service) 5 days (after 4 months of continuous service) | 12 days (sick leave or casual leave both combined) 1 day (after one month of continuous employment) | 12 days (sick leave or casual leave both combined) 1 day (after one month of continuous employment) | 45 |
| Goa | 15 days (after 240 days of continuous service) | 9 days (during 12 month of continuous service) | 6 days (during 12 month of continuous service) | 45 |
| Gujarat | 18 days (after 240 days of continuous service) | 7 days | 7 days | 63 |
| Haryana | 18 days (after 20 days of continuous service) | 7 days | 7 days | 30 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 18 days (after 20 days of continuous service) | 7 days | 7 days | 30 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 30 days (After every 12 months continuous employment) | – | 14 days | Not exceeding three months or 90 days |
| Jharkhand | 18 days (after 240 days of continuous service) | 12 days (half-pay every year) | 12 days (full-pay every year) | 45 |
| Karnataka | 18 (one day for every twenty days’ work) | 12 (During the first twelve months of continuous service) | – | 45 |
| Kerala | 12 days (after 12 months of continuous service) | 12 days (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 12 days (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 24 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 30 days (after 12 months of continuous service) | – | 14 days | Not exceeding three months or 90 days |
| Maharashtra | 5 Days (for every 60 days worked) 18 Days (for every 240 days worked) | – | 8 Days | 45 |
| Manipur | 30 days (After 12 months of continuous service) | 12 days (For half wage after 12 months of continuous service) | 12 days (Full pay for every year) | – |
| Meghalaya | 16 days (after 12 months of continuous service | 12 days (during every twelve months of continuous service) | 12 days (during every twelve months of continuous service) | 30 |
| Nagaland | 16 days (after every 12 months continuous employment) | 12 days (during twelve months of continuous service) | 12 days (during twelve months of continuous service) | 30 |
| Orissa | 18 days (After 240 days of continuous service) | 15 days (after 12 months of continuous service) | – | 30 |
| Pondicherry | 12 days (after every 12 months continuous employment) | 12 days (during twelve months of continuous service) | 12 days (during twelve months of continuous service) | 24 |
| Punjab | 18 days (after 20 days of continuous service) | 7 days | 7 days | 30 |
| Rajasthan | 30 days (after 240 days of continuous service) | – | – | 30 |
| Sikkim | 20 days (after every 12 months continuous employment) | 12 days (during twelve months of continuous service) | 12 days (during twelve months of continuous service) | 60 |
| Tamil Nadu | 12 days (after twelve months of continuous service) | 12 days (during the first twelve months and further continuous service) | 12 days (during the first twelve months and further continuous service) | 45 |
| Telangana | 15 days (after 240 days of continuous service) | 12 days (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 12 days (during his first twelve months and further continuous service) | 60 |
| Tripura | 5 days (after 4 months of continuous service) 15 days (after 12 months of continuous service) | 14 days (half-pay every year) | 1 day (after one month of continuous employment) 12 days (full pay for every year) | 56 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 15 days (after 12 months of continuous service) | 15 days (after 6 months of continuous service) | 10 days (subject to such conditions as may be prescribed) | 45 |
| Uttarakhand | 18 days (after 240 days of continuous service) | – | 8 days | 45 |
| West Bengal | 14 days (after 12 months of continuous service) | 14 days (half pay every year) | 10 days (full pay for every year) | 28 |