What Are The Different Types Of Leaves

Hi to all,
I am new to this forum. can anyone help me defining what are the different types of leaves.as we all discuss about casual leaves, earned leaves etc. i am working in a software company which is only six months old. there is no leave policy in our company. As a HR i am planning to implement. But before that i must be clear that are are different types of leaves, & how can i implement leave policy in our company.
waiting for the response from all seniors and friends

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Hi Neerja,
These are the details about the arious kind of leaves:
C.L- Casual Leave
P.L- Privilege Leave(Most of the company has either EL or PL)
E.L- Earned leave
S.L- Sick leave
Maternity Leave
The leave policy can be designed keeping in mind the regulations as per law, rest evreything is upto the company.
Keep in mind the procedure for applying for the leaves.
DO mention how many leaves per annum wil be there such as C.L should be minimum 7 etc.
I would suggest you design your own policy, and then we all can review it.
For new employees, generally the P.L starts after completion of one yera of service.
I hope you will design your own Policy and I promise you we all support you.
Cheers
Archna