Hi Friends,
I am new to the HR field. Could you please explain leaves to me? How many leaves can an employee take in one year? What about optional leave, paid leave, and unpaid leave? What is the process for leave sanctioning? Please reply urgently.
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Barkha
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From India, Bhopal
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4I am new to the HR field. Could you please explain leaves to me? How many leaves can an employee take in one year? What about optional leave, paid leave, and unpaid leave? What is the process for leave sanctioning? Please reply urgently.
Thanks & Regards,
Barkha
barkhatemle@rediffmail.com
From India, Bhopal
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Hi Barkha!
Leave policy varies from organization to organization, and it depends on the type, size, and a few other factors of the organization.
Though there are few basic statutory guidelines for paid leaves for all registered/Pvt. Ltd. and Ltd. companies under various acts.
Please let us know what exactly is the type, size (manpower and turnover-wise), and line of business of your company so that a suitable leave policy could be shared with you.
There is a very good Leave Record Maintenance Excel Sheet that has been posted recently (last month) by another CiteHR member (Deepu) who is also a Senior Executive in our Company at Gurgaon. I would request you to find out that thread (by using Quick Search) and go through that thread and download that Excel sheet also. There could be other valuable inputs also available if you are able to search the appropriate directory.
Broadly categorizing, there could be the following types of Leaves in any organization:
1. EL/PL = Earn Leave / Paid Leave (which can be accumulated within the limits defined in the Company policy and carried forward). If the employee resigns or Superannuates, this type of balance leave is encashed to the employee. Generally, many companies give 30 days PL per annum, but it can be availed only if the employee has worked for at least a month (2.5 days per month's attendance). This type of leave must be granted with the prior approval of the appropriate sanctioning authority or Department Head and should be processed through HR dept. only so that the Leave record of each employee can be maintained and updated.
2. CL - Casual Leave (Generally, companies give only 7 or 10 days per annum depending on the company policy). CL may be availed by any employee for sudden Leave requirement but should be generally limited to not more than 2 days in a stretch as this may also be availed without prior written approval also if a sudden need is there, though every employee is supposed to inform by any means about their sudden absence; otherwise, the HR has the authority to mark absent for all uninformed Leave.
3. SL - Sick Leave (Sick Leave is generally 10 days in many companies). This type of leave is exclusively and strictly meant for availing only when the person is sick. The employee is expected to inform the company of their sickness, and if it is more than 2 days at a stretch, then the person must provide the fitness certificate or Doctor's Prescription for his rejoining.
This is just to make you aware of the outline of major Leave provisions in any company. There are other few matters such as LTC linking to EL/PL, etc., also which should be understood if it is applicable in your organization.
Well, I still request you to search other Leave related threads in CiteHR.
Regards,
Pankaj Kumar Sinha
GURGAON.
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU MEDITATE,
YOU ARE IN SILENCE.
YOU ARE IN THOUGHTLESS AWARENESS.
THEN THE GROWTH OF AWARENESS TAKES PLACE."
Visit www.sahajayoga.org to know more about the true experience of meditation
From India, Delhi
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Leave policy varies from organization to organization, and it depends on the type, size, and a few other factors of the organization.
Though there are few basic statutory guidelines for paid leaves for all registered/Pvt. Ltd. and Ltd. companies under various acts.
Please let us know what exactly is the type, size (manpower and turnover-wise), and line of business of your company so that a suitable leave policy could be shared with you.
There is a very good Leave Record Maintenance Excel Sheet that has been posted recently (last month) by another CiteHR member (Deepu) who is also a Senior Executive in our Company at Gurgaon. I would request you to find out that thread (by using Quick Search) and go through that thread and download that Excel sheet also. There could be other valuable inputs also available if you are able to search the appropriate directory.
Broadly categorizing, there could be the following types of Leaves in any organization:
1. EL/PL = Earn Leave / Paid Leave (which can be accumulated within the limits defined in the Company policy and carried forward). If the employee resigns or Superannuates, this type of balance leave is encashed to the employee. Generally, many companies give 30 days PL per annum, but it can be availed only if the employee has worked for at least a month (2.5 days per month's attendance). This type of leave must be granted with the prior approval of the appropriate sanctioning authority or Department Head and should be processed through HR dept. only so that the Leave record of each employee can be maintained and updated.
2. CL - Casual Leave (Generally, companies give only 7 or 10 days per annum depending on the company policy). CL may be availed by any employee for sudden Leave requirement but should be generally limited to not more than 2 days in a stretch as this may also be availed without prior written approval also if a sudden need is there, though every employee is supposed to inform by any means about their sudden absence; otherwise, the HR has the authority to mark absent for all uninformed Leave.
3. SL - Sick Leave (Sick Leave is generally 10 days in many companies). This type of leave is exclusively and strictly meant for availing only when the person is sick. The employee is expected to inform the company of their sickness, and if it is more than 2 days at a stretch, then the person must provide the fitness certificate or Doctor's Prescription for his rejoining.
This is just to make you aware of the outline of major Leave provisions in any company. There are other few matters such as LTC linking to EL/PL, etc., also which should be understood if it is applicable in your organization.
Well, I still request you to search other Leave related threads in CiteHR.
Regards,
Pankaj Kumar Sinha
GURGAON.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"MEDITATION IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GROW...
BECAUSE WHEN YOU MEDITATE,
YOU ARE IN SILENCE.
YOU ARE IN THOUGHTLESS AWARENESS.
THEN THE GROWTH OF AWARENESS TAKES PLACE."
Visit www.sahajayoga.org to know more about the true experience of meditation
From India, Delhi
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I want to add something to it.
EL, which stands for earned leave, is for the next calendar year. For example, if a person joins a company in January 2007, they will be entitled to earned leave in January 2008. This leave is called earned leave because you earn that time off after working for some time.
Best regards,
Simran
From Germany
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EL, which stands for earned leave, is for the next calendar year. For example, if a person joins a company in January 2007, they will be entitled to earned leave in January 2008. This leave is called earned leave because you earn that time off after working for some time.
Best regards,
Simran
From Germany
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