Understanding Short Term Leave: How to Calculate Unused Days Under the Factories Act?

This relates to Sec 79 of the Factories Act - Suppose the Short Term Leave (STL) earned but not availed are as follows: 2004 - 15 days, 2005 - 15 days, 2006 - 15 days, and 2007 - 10 days. How many days can a person avail of STL in 2007? Please also show your computation.

If a worker does not, in any one calendar year, take the whole of the leave allowed to him under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), as the case may be, any leave not taken by him shall be added to the leave to be allowed to him in the succeeding calendar year. Provided that the total number of days of leave that may be carried forward to a succeeding year shall not exceed thirty in the case of an adult, or forty in the case of a child.