Salary Deduction for Taking Monday Off: Can Companies Cut Pay for Sunday Too?

Sir,

If a person worked up to Saturday and Sunday is a holiday, and he takes Monday off due to some problem, can the company deduct his Sunday and Monday salary? Please suggest at the earliest.

Hi,

The organization should not deduct even the Monday salary, leave alone Sunday (you said he took leave on Monday: why on earth should salary be deducted for a leave?).

My suggestion is, if Monday was an LWP, Sunday's salary should not be deducted.

Regards, Neeraj K. Singh

Hi, most companies have the policy that if an employee takes an unplanned leave on a Friday or a Monday (and Sat-Sun are weekly offs), then the weekend is also counted as leave instead of a weekly off. Deducting salary for a Monday when the employee combined it with a Sunday is unheard of, unless that employee has no leave balance or was marked NSNC (no call no show) by their supervisor. It depends on the leave policies followed by your company.