In our company, employees take leave on Saturday and Monday. In this case, do we have to account for 3 days as leave? Also, if an employee takes leave before and after the Festival Holidays, do we have to account for 3 days as leave? Can anybody help me with this?
From India, Chennai
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Hi,
As per statutory laws, you should consider even Sunday as leave. However, the company policies should be clearly defined. Some organizations may not consider Sunday as leave, while others will.
Thank you.
From India, Bangalore
As per statutory laws, you should consider even Sunday as leave. However, the company policies should be clearly defined. Some organizations may not consider Sunday as leave, while others will.
Thank you.
From India, Bangalore
If an employee is absent on Saturday and Monday, then Sunday is considered as paid leave. However, if an employee takes leave on Saturday and joins back to work on Monday, then Sunday is not considered as paid leave.
Regarding festival holidays:
For married females, taking leave one day before a festival can be permitted as unpaid leave (depending upon your organization's policies, as there is no hard and fast rule). On the festival day, the leave has to be provided. However, taking leaves before and after the festival is not granted, and it should be deducted from the salary.
Given that India is a land of festivals with celebrations happening regularly, granting leaves for every festival would negatively impact productivity. In my opinion, taking leave before and after festivals should be counted as paid leave, with an exception for married women. This policy should be communicated clearly to all employees in advance.
From India, Solapur
Regarding festival holidays:
For married females, taking leave one day before a festival can be permitted as unpaid leave (depending upon your organization's policies, as there is no hard and fast rule). On the festival day, the leave has to be provided. However, taking leaves before and after the festival is not granted, and it should be deducted from the salary.
Given that India is a land of festivals with celebrations happening regularly, granting leaves for every festival would negatively impact productivity. In my opinion, taking leave before and after festivals should be counted as paid leave, with an exception for married women. This policy should be communicated clearly to all employees in advance.
From India, Solapur
Hi,
First of all, please let us know which type of industry you are employed in. Also, do you have a prefix and suffix rule in your leave policy? Without this information, the comments provided will not be of much help to you.
From India, Bangalore
First of all, please let us know which type of industry you are employed in. Also, do you have a prefix and suffix rule in your leave policy? Without this information, the comments provided will not be of much help to you.
From India, Bangalore
The comments given by me are from the general or common leave policy of various industries - leave is for six days worked prior to it, i.e., from Monday to Saturday. This is for a monthly rated employee.
Now, it depends on the type of leave. If a casual leave is taken on Saturday, it is okay, and the employee has to report for duty on Monday. By chance, if he takes a leave on Monday, then at that time it cannot be a casual leave and it can be only sick leave wherein Sunday will be excluded and not taken into account, i.e., it will be a paid holiday- not to be deducted from the leave balance.
From India, Madras
Now, it depends on the type of leave. If a casual leave is taken on Saturday, it is okay, and the employee has to report for duty on Monday. By chance, if he takes a leave on Monday, then at that time it cannot be a casual leave and it can be only sick leave wherein Sunday will be excluded and not taken into account, i.e., it will be a paid holiday- not to be deducted from the leave balance.
From India, Madras
In 'Leave Management', there is a concept of 'Prefix/Suffix'. Normally, companies permit Sundays/Closed Holidays to be either prefixed or suffixed with leave, but not both. For example, if an employee takes leave on Monday, Sunday can be permitted as a prefix. If the employee is on leave on Saturday, Sunday can be given as a suffix. In the present case, the employee has to be on leave from Saturday to Monday (3 days) since he can't have the privilege of having Sunday both as a prefix and suffix.
However, it all depends on the 'Leave Policy' of a company. If your policy clearly states that the same Sunday/Holiday can be taken both as a prefix and suffix with leave, no one shall be in confusion. Nevertheless, you may also need to clarify that Sundays/Holidays falling within a leave period shall be exempted while calculating the total number of days for which an employee was on leave. This may be an employee-friendly policy but, in principle, it negates the definition of the continuity of the leave period and is thus not encouraged by organizations.
Clarifying all these aspects with examples in a company's 'Leave Policy' is, therefore, important not only from the employee viewpoint but also to enable 'Leave Management' by the sanctioning authority and HR.
From India, Delhi
However, it all depends on the 'Leave Policy' of a company. If your policy clearly states that the same Sunday/Holiday can be taken both as a prefix and suffix with leave, no one shall be in confusion. Nevertheless, you may also need to clarify that Sundays/Holidays falling within a leave period shall be exempted while calculating the total number of days for which an employee was on leave. This may be an employee-friendly policy but, in principle, it negates the definition of the continuity of the leave period and is thus not encouraged by organizations.
Clarifying all these aspects with examples in a company's 'Leave Policy' is, therefore, important not only from the employee viewpoint but also to enable 'Leave Management' by the sanctioning authority and HR.
From India, Delhi
Dear Mr. Jeevarathnam cuold i know in which law we can find that, that Sunday has to be considered as leave..
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
Hi Devendra As per the act If any employee takes leave on both Saturday & Monday then leave is of 3 days. But leave policy may vary based on employee friendly
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
As per general consideration, Sunday is the rest day for the worker who worked 48 hours (6 days x 8 hours per day) for the company. However, if the worker willfully takes leave on Saturday and Monday frequently, you may need to make a few corrections in your 'Agreement' based on the minimum working hours per week.
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From India, Yavatmal
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From India, Yavatmal
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