(i)             Women employees of State Bank of India shall be eligible for sabbatical leave upto 2 years during their entire career for reasons such as medical ground, care of family members or children, higher studies, visit to their spouse.

(ii)            The employee applying for leave should have put in a minimum of 5 years of service.

(iii)      The sabbatical leave shall be taken for at least 3 months at a time and the leave shall not be taken more than once in a year.

(iv)     The sabbatical leave shall be without pay, salary, allowance, perquisites and any other consequential monetary and non-monetary benefits. No increment shall be earned during the sabbatical leave and the employee will rejoin at the same stage of pay as was existing at the time of her availing the sabbatical leave. The period of leave will not be counted for the service eligibility.

(v)      The women employees on sabbatical leave may be considered for promotion provided they fulfill the eligibility criteria for the next promotion.

(vi)     The sabbatical leave period shall not be counted as pensionable service and for payment of gratuity/pension. For employees who are covered under State Bank of India Employees Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (SBIEDCPS), it will be the responsibility of the employee to contribute the minimum employee contribution of the PRAN. No contribution will be made by the Bank during the period of sabbatical leave.

(vii)    The woman employee shall not take up any employment/vocation/business/profession elsewhere during the period of sabbatical leave.