One year’s no-pay leave to have a baby

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The Public Administration and Management Ministry has decided to grant up to one year No- Pay Leave for Female Public Officers to obtain fertility treatments.

In a circular issued recently, Ministry Secretary J.J. Rathnasiri informed Secretaries to Ministries, Chief Secretaries of Provinces and Heads of Departments that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to revise the Establishments Code to include this benefit to women employees.

“No-pay leave to be spent in or out of the Island shall be approved for a maximum period of one year (01) for female Public Officers to obtain treatments for sub fertility on the recommendations of a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,” the circular said.

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