Are Employees Entitled to Weekends During Extended Leave? Seeking HR Insights

Dear All,

I am in the process of creating an HR policy for my company. Up until now, there has not been a specific policy regarding weekly offs and leave. Recently, one of our employees applied for a 20-day leave while having 15 days of leave balance. The 21st and 22nd days were the weekend (Saturday & Sunday). Is she eligible for those weekly offs? Can anyone provide me with all the details regarding leaves and weekly offs?

Sangeeta Lad
Mumbai

Hi,

First, you need to determine the number of leaves to be given annually, categorizing them into casual leave, sick leave, and planned leaves. Additionally, decide whether you want to implement the sandwich leave policy. If the sandwich leave concept does not apply, simply calculate the number of days she was absent as leaves taken. If the sandwich leave concept is in place, consider adding the weekly off as leave as well.

Regards,
Deepti

Hi Deepti,

Thank you for your reply. The employee who has taken 20 days of leave has a balance of 15 ELs, which means 5 days will be treated as Leave Without Pay (LWP). This is clear, but after the 20 days, the 21st and 22nd day fall on Saturday and Sunday, which are the weekly off days. I am confused about whether to consider these days as paid or unpaid leave.

Hi,

If the 21st and 22nd days are weekly off, and if the person happens to take the 23rd day also as an off day, then all three days (21st, 22nd, and 23rd days) will be considered as LWP (Leave Without Pay). Otherwise, if the person does not take the 23rd day off, it would be considered as his/her eligible leave.

Regards.

Hi all,

Can anyone help me out to understand the practical things which we should consider in framing a policy? What are the key aspects to frame a policy?

Thanks & regards,
Raj

Hi Vidya,

But she was present on the 23rd day and also, due to having a low leave balance, her 5 days of leave were marked as LWP. Will she still be entitled to those 2 weekly offs?

Sangeeta

Hi,

Yes, she is eligible for those two days off each week. For example, if the weekly off day is on Sunday and the employee takes leave up to Saturday but works on Monday, he/she is eligible for Sunday off. Therefore, you cannot mark this as Leave Without Pay in your case.

Thanks & Regards,
Shashidhara.GK
HR Manager

Dear Sangeeta,

If your unit is covered under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, then after going through Rule 23, it is clear that we are to grant a weekly day of rest to the concerned person. If your appropriate Government is State Government, then go through those Rules relating to the weekly day of rest before taking the final decision in the matter at hand.

With Regards,
R.N.Khola

Quote from ladsangeeta75@gmail.com;1044747:
"Thank you, Vidya,
But she was present on the 23rd day, and also due to less leave balance, her 5 days of leave were considered as LWP. So, will she still get those 2 weekly offs?
Sangeeta"

When framing the policy, ensure to include the following things to avoid confusions:

Aoff - Will be working on Sunday but taking off on Wednesday.
Coff - Compensatory Off.
Woff for Maintenance people (those who will compulsorily work on Sundays but take off on weekdays).

Hello Friends,

Can anyone help me in deciding whether, under the Minimum Wages Act, the wages fixed for a day are inclusive of the wages for the weekly off? In other words, should the wages to be paid in a month of 30 days be calculated as the wage rate multiplied by 30, or should it be calculated as the wage rate multiplied by the number of days worked?

Kindly clarify.

Dear Sir,

Please clarify about the weekly off if the employee has availed his leave and he remains absent for the last two working days in the week, that is Friday and Saturday. Is he eligible for the weekly off on Sunday?

Regards,
Shiva

Hi,

I have one weekly off on Saturday, and Sunday is a working day. My manager said if I take leave on Sunday or even if I work from home (last week they marked both Saturday and Sunday as leave because I worked from home on Sunday), Saturday will also be considered as leave. Is that the way it is? It sounded brutally unfair to me. By the way, I worked on Mondays.

One employee taking vacation one day before her Eid holiday and weekly off. She is eligible to get holidays and weekly off-day salary.