Understanding Employee Leave: How Many Days Do You Get for PL, CL, SL, and More?

Could anyone tell me how many leave days an employee has in the company, such as PL, CL, SL, etc.? I am eagerly awaiting your reply.

Regards,
Basha

Dear Basha, the leave status of an employee in a company may differ from one organization to another. Typically, on an annual basis, 12 Casual Leave (CL), 12 Sick Leave (SL), and 18 Emergency Leave/Encash Leave (EL) are available for the employee in general.

The leave situation may vary from one organization to another depending on their HR policy.

Thanks & Best Regards,
Vikas Ranjan

The Factories Act allows only earned leave, which is one day for every 20 days worked in the last calendar year. That's all. No Casual Leave (CL) or Sick Leave (SL) is allowed under this Act. CL, SL, or Maternity Leave (ML) will be at the discretion of the management, and it is purely under the management policy.

Regards,
Alphonse

The Bombay Shops and Establishment Act 1948 prescribes the annual leave of 21 days if the employee has worked for a minimum of 240 days in a year. No further classification, such as CL, SL, etc., is provided. It depends on the company to company.

Regards

Leave Entitlements Under the Factories Act

If your company is registered under the Factories Act, all workmen are eligible for earned leave of 1 day for every 20 working days. This leave must be credited in January of each year, with a workman receiving a maximum of 16 days of earned leave annually.

Sick Leave Provisions

If your employees are covered under ESI, you are not required to provide any sick leave. If they are not covered under ESI, a maximum of 6 days of sick leave can be granted, which is mandatory.

Casual Leave (CL) Policy

The granting of casual leave (CL) is a management decision. This can be provided for a calendar year, ranging from 6 to 12 days.

Leave Policy for Management Staff

For management staff, the leave policy can be determined at the organization's discretion.

Leave Entitlements for Staff and Workers

For Staff: CL 10, Optional Leave 5, PL/EL 30.

For Workers: CL 16, SL 8, PL/EL 15 (Approximately).

It depends on the company's HR policy.

Regards,

Understanding Leave Entitlements Under the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act

The leave part is governed by the Shops and Establishment Act or, alternatively, the Factories Act. These rules are more or less the same. Let me quote the leave section of the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act.

22. Leave.—(1) Every person employed in an establishment shall be entitled—

(a) After every twelve months' continuous employment, to privilege leave for a total period of not less than fifteen days;

(b) In every year, to sickness or casual leave for a total period of not less than twelve days:

Provided that:

(i) An employee who has completed a period of four months in continuous employment shall be entitled to not less than five days' privilege leave for every such completed period; and

(ii) An employee who has completed a period of one month in continuous employment shall be entitled to not less than one day's casual leave for every month:

Provided further that a watchman or caretaker who has completed a period of twelve months in continuous employment and to whom the provisions of sections 8, 10, 11, 13, and 17 do not apply by virtue of an exemption granted under section 4, shall be entitled to not less than thirty days' privilege leave.

(1A) (i) Privilege leave to which an employee is entitled under clause (a) of sub-section (1) or under any such law, contract, custom or usage, award, settlement, or agreement as is referred to in section 3, or any part of such leave, if not availed of by such employee, shall be added to the privilege leave in respect of any succeeding period to which he is so entitled. However, the total period of such privilege leave which may be accumulated by such employee shall not at any one time exceed three times the period of privilege leave to which he is entitled after every twelve months' employment under that clause or under such law, contract, custom or usage, award, settlement, or agreement.

(ii) Leave admissible under clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall not be accumulated.

(2) If an employee entitled to leave under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of this section is discharged by his employer before he had been allowed the leave, or if, having applied for and having been refused the leave, he quits his employment before he has been allowed the leave, the employer shall pay him full wage for the period of leave due to him.

Here, if you see, the leaves, even if you start giving due to custom, will be over and above what is otherwise payable to an employee.