Dear Seniors,
I am working for an IT company. Our weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Now we are facing a situation where few employees take leaves for a whole week, for example, Monday to Friday. This means that last week's Saturday and Sunday and the week of leaves' Saturday and Sunday are also holidays for them!!!
Now, my company wants to know if we can deduct any one of the weekends (Saturday and Sunday) from their leave balance. What can be done to prevent this manipulation of the two days off per week? Is it possible to implement a rule where one of the weekends is considered as part of the leave days? Alternatively, could you please suggest some other alternatives??
Kindly reply to me as soon as possible.
Khyati Pandya HR Ahmedabad pandya.khyati@gmail.com
From India, Ahmadabad
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7I am working for an IT company. Our weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Now we are facing a situation where few employees take leaves for a whole week, for example, Monday to Friday. This means that last week's Saturday and Sunday and the week of leaves' Saturday and Sunday are also holidays for them!!!
Now, my company wants to know if we can deduct any one of the weekends (Saturday and Sunday) from their leave balance. What can be done to prevent this manipulation of the two days off per week? Is it possible to implement a rule where one of the weekends is considered as part of the leave days? Alternatively, could you please suggest some other alternatives??
Kindly reply to me as soon as possible.
Khyati Pandya HR Ahmedabad pandya.khyati@gmail.com
From India, Ahmadabad
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Dear Member, If the leaves are taken by permission then you cannot consider Saturday or Sunday as leave. Unless the preceding day is absence (leave without permission) you cannot do the same.
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Dear Mr. Shreekanth,
Thank you for your valuable interventions. However, my question remains unanswered.
The issue that employees are facing is that they take leave from Monday to Friday, i.e., all five working days of the week. Our policy designates every Saturday and Sunday of the month as official holidays. Therefore, whenever they take leave from Monday to Friday, they can also utilize the upcoming Saturday and Sunday, as well as the previous week's.
Now, my company would like to clarify if it is permissible to deduct any of the Saturdays and Sundays as leave. This means that even if these days are considered official holidays as per the policy, can they be subtracted from the employees' remaining leave balance? In this scenario, if five days are taken as leave, the deduction would be seven days from the leave balance.
Khyati Pandya HR Ahmedabad
From India, Ahmadabad
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Thank you for your valuable interventions. However, my question remains unanswered.
The issue that employees are facing is that they take leave from Monday to Friday, i.e., all five working days of the week. Our policy designates every Saturday and Sunday of the month as official holidays. Therefore, whenever they take leave from Monday to Friday, they can also utilize the upcoming Saturday and Sunday, as well as the previous week's.
Now, my company would like to clarify if it is permissible to deduct any of the Saturdays and Sundays as leave. This means that even if these days are considered official holidays as per the policy, can they be subtracted from the employees' remaining leave balance? In this scenario, if five days are taken as leave, the deduction would be seven days from the leave balance.
Khyati Pandya HR Ahmedabad
From India, Ahmadabad
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Hello Khyati,
In my opinion, some companies consider Saturday and Sunday as leave when someone wants to take leave on Friday and Monday. However, you have to establish a policy for this, and it should be in a defined format so that you can deduct the two extra leaves, i.e., Saturday and Sunday, from the leave balance. This policy can also be applicable for five days of leave.
Thank you.
From India, Pune
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In my opinion, some companies consider Saturday and Sunday as leave when someone wants to take leave on Friday and Monday. However, you have to establish a policy for this, and it should be in a defined format so that you can deduct the two extra leaves, i.e., Saturday and Sunday, from the leave balance. This policy can also be applicable for five days of leave.
Thank you.
From India, Pune
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My suggestion is not to approve such leave unless it's an emergency or supported by a valid reason.
Add this point to your leave policy stating that, "Keeping productivity in mind, any employee intending to take continuous leave of 5 working days in a week must provide prior notice to the HR department at least 10 working days before their leave commences. Approval must be obtained before the employee takes leave; otherwise, all leaves from the previous Saturday to the current Sunday will be deducted from their leave account.
In case of illness, employees must provide a medical certificate along with the doctor's prescription. (Obtaining a medical certificate is straightforward nowadays). Otherwise, all leaves from the previous Saturday to the current Sunday will be deducted from their leave account.
The company reserves the right to amend the policy if necessary in the future. Consider changing the policy to designate even Saturdays as half-working days and odd Saturdays as official days off for employees. The half-day can be utilized for training purposes.
Hope this is helpful to you.
- Babu
From India, Madras
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Add this point to your leave policy stating that, "Keeping productivity in mind, any employee intending to take continuous leave of 5 working days in a week must provide prior notice to the HR department at least 10 working days before their leave commences. Approval must be obtained before the employee takes leave; otherwise, all leaves from the previous Saturday to the current Sunday will be deducted from their leave account.
In case of illness, employees must provide a medical certificate along with the doctor's prescription. (Obtaining a medical certificate is straightforward nowadays). Otherwise, all leaves from the previous Saturday to the current Sunday will be deducted from their leave account.
The company reserves the right to amend the policy if necessary in the future. Consider changing the policy to designate even Saturdays as half-working days and odd Saturdays as official days off for employees. The half-day can be utilized for training purposes.
Hope this is helpful to you.
- Babu
From India, Madras
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My suggestion is don't approve such leave until and unless it's an emergency or supported by a valid reason.
Add this point to your leave policy stating that "Keeping productivity in mind, any employee in order to avail continuous leave of 5 working days in a week should provide prior notice to the HR department at least 10 working days before they intend their leave to commence. It must be approved before the employee takes leave. If not, all leaves from last week Saturday to the current week Sunday will be deducted from their leave account. In case of being sick, they have to produce a medical certificate along with the prescription given by the doctor. (Getting a medical certificate is very easy these days). Otherwise, all leaves from last week Saturday to the current week Sunday will be deducted from their leave account.
The company reserves the right to amend the policy if required at a future date. Change your policy so that even Saturdays are half-working days and odd Saturdays are declared as official off for the employees. The half-day can be used for training purposes.
Hope this is helpful to you.
- Babu
From India, Madras
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Add this point to your leave policy stating that "Keeping productivity in mind, any employee in order to avail continuous leave of 5 working days in a week should provide prior notice to the HR department at least 10 working days before they intend their leave to commence. It must be approved before the employee takes leave. If not, all leaves from last week Saturday to the current week Sunday will be deducted from their leave account. In case of being sick, they have to produce a medical certificate along with the prescription given by the doctor. (Getting a medical certificate is very easy these days). Otherwise, all leaves from last week Saturday to the current week Sunday will be deducted from their leave account.
The company reserves the right to amend the policy if required at a future date. Change your policy so that even Saturdays are half-working days and odd Saturdays are declared as official off for the employees. The half-day can be used for training purposes.
Hope this is helpful to you.
- Babu
From India, Madras
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In line with my view, if any employee takes or avails LOP (Loss of Pay) or unauthorized leave on the last day of the week and the first day of the subsequent week, the holidays or weekly offs falling between these leaves would also be treated as Loss of Pay.
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From India, Mumbai
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