Hi, I would like to know if an employee would like to work without taking the week off how can we compensate him. *Can I calculate this week off has an OT? In Karnataka region.
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Hi Deepak Chandran,
I may not be familiar with the country/city law in your region. Though your query is somewhat not clear for me, I'd like to share some inputs and I hope I understand your point.
Basically, an employee cannot just work whenever he/she likes. There could be reasons why he/she likes to work. My point here is that there is a difference between "like" and "need". Does he/she like/want to work, or does he/she need to really work during off days?
Initially, the superior/department head must be responsible for ensuring that his/her subordinates do not work during off days. Depending on workload, urgent business needs, or submission of a project on a deadline, which will likely be seldom, this will be a case-by-case basis.
HR must be the one controlling the work during off days. Once approved by the department head that there is a need to work during off days, the HR is then the final one who needs to verify the justification of such an instance. Remember, off-day work involves cost, and HR knows well that cost should be controlled.
We say there is a need to work, is his/her compensation paid with OT or just a normal staff with a fixed salary? If with OT, depending on the law in your region, an OT pay is a MUST with compensatory/alternative holidays. Again, this depends on your region's labor rules. If he/she is a staff, a rate per day with double-payment of the basic salary may be provided. But my question here is, do you have any policy that pertains to any off-duty works? Some companies may have what they call the "holiday duty bill" that is based on designation-leveling. If you do not have the policy yet, kindly prepare for future improvement plans and then have it approved by HR.
Anyway, with all the explanations, I still believe that a company has to have a strict policy to not allow any off-day works. Everyone should be entitled to at least 1 day off for every 6 days of continuous duty.
Good luck!
From Bangladesh, Dhaka
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30I may not be familiar with the country/city law in your region. Though your query is somewhat not clear for me, I'd like to share some inputs and I hope I understand your point.
Basically, an employee cannot just work whenever he/she likes. There could be reasons why he/she likes to work. My point here is that there is a difference between "like" and "need". Does he/she like/want to work, or does he/she need to really work during off days?
Initially, the superior/department head must be responsible for ensuring that his/her subordinates do not work during off days. Depending on workload, urgent business needs, or submission of a project on a deadline, which will likely be seldom, this will be a case-by-case basis.
HR must be the one controlling the work during off days. Once approved by the department head that there is a need to work during off days, the HR is then the final one who needs to verify the justification of such an instance. Remember, off-day work involves cost, and HR knows well that cost should be controlled.
We say there is a need to work, is his/her compensation paid with OT or just a normal staff with a fixed salary? If with OT, depending on the law in your region, an OT pay is a MUST with compensatory/alternative holidays. Again, this depends on your region's labor rules. If he/she is a staff, a rate per day with double-payment of the basic salary may be provided. But my question here is, do you have any policy that pertains to any off-duty works? Some companies may have what they call the "holiday duty bill" that is based on designation-leveling. If you do not have the policy yet, kindly prepare for future improvement plans and then have it approved by HR.
Anyway, with all the explanations, I still believe that a company has to have a strict policy to not allow any off-day works. Everyone should be entitled to at least 1 day off for every 6 days of continuous duty.
Good luck!
From Bangladesh, Dhaka
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