Casual Leaves Lapseing After End Of Financial Year.

Hi,
In mu organization every confirmed employee gets 10- Privilege,5 Casual and 5 Sick leaves in a year. We work 5 days a week and have 12 company approved Holidays. My question is at the end of the financial year,March, employees who have balance of CLs/SLs tend to apply for leaves or take sick leaves so that they do not lapse. We only carry forward PLs. Can you suggest ways we can implement in our leave policy so that operational requirements are met and employees do not take unnecessary leaves or compensating the employee for leaves not taken or lapsing.

As per shop and establishment act, all leave has to be calculated as per calender year. Also CL / SL will lapse at the end of the calender year. For PL you can accumulate upto 30 days and above this will lapse.

Thank you , Trisha_Hr. Good to know that I am on the right track. But how do we discourage employees from taking all their CL/SLs in one month (March). They know that CL/SL wont be carried forward and want to utilize the leaves.

AS Trisha has informed that the leaves are to be calculated as per calender year and not on financial year. You please enlighten your staff about this fact. But they may start consuming their balance leaves in the month of December.
REgards,
ajay bajaj

Company policies may be framed in such a way the employees are not affected. In my company, unavailed CLs are encashed in Jan salary. SLs are carried forward.
Pon