Earlier:  

• A contractual employee was considered to have worked for an entire year if they had received remuneration for at least 240 days within a calendar year (January to December). 

After Amendment: 

• Instead of a calendar year, the reference is now to a period of one year of contractual service (i.e., any continuous 12-month period from the date of engagement, not necessarily January to December). 

Implications of the Amendment: 

• More Flexibility: Employees engaged at different times of the year are evaluated based on their own 12-month contractual period, rather than being restricted to the January-December timeframe. 
• Uniformity: This ensures that every contractual employee, regardless of their start date, is assessed fairly over their own one-year engagement period. 
• Potential Benefit for Employees: Those who start mid-year or later are no longer disadvantaged by being assessed within the fixed calendar year timeframe.