Let's get a little clarity into the subject.
If leave is counted on working days, then there is no problem, i.e. if a person takes leave on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, out of which Saturdays and Sundays are paid holidays, then he is maked as absent only on 2 working days, i.e. Friday and Monday.
The problem is when leave is given on a calendar basis. Yes, if earned leave, sick leave or casual leave is given upto the last working day in the week, then normally, the following paid holidays, i.e. Saturday (if applicable) and Sunday are not added to the leave given.
However, some companies (even now), add the intervening paid holidays (upto the next working day) as leave taken. If it is company policy, then one cannot really object, except to request the company to reformulate its leave rules to the employees' benefit.
I am not sure about national holidays - normally they are included in the leave taken, but I may be wrong.
Jeroo
If leave is counted on working days, then there is no problem, i.e. if a person takes leave on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, out of which Saturdays and Sundays are paid holidays, then he is maked as absent only on 2 working days, i.e. Friday and Monday.
The problem is when leave is given on a calendar basis. Yes, if earned leave, sick leave or casual leave is given upto the last working day in the week, then normally, the following paid holidays, i.e. Saturday (if applicable) and Sunday are not added to the leave given.
However, some companies (even now), add the intervening paid holidays (upto the next working day) as leave taken. If it is company policy, then one cannot really object, except to request the company to reformulate its leave rules to the employees' benefit.
I am not sure about national holidays - normally they are included in the leave taken, but I may be wrong.
Jeroo