Is It Fair to Have Unpaid Leave During Notice Period? Seeking Advice on HR Policies

Dear all,

My name is Sharmila Yadav, and I have been working in the Education Sector for the last 11 months as a Manager-HR in our organization. Every employee is entitled to 10 CL, 5 SL, and 22 EL {LEAVE}. During my tenure, I did not take a single leave. Now, I am resigning from my position, and I have already given a prior notice of three months as per the rules. Due to some personal reasons, I took a leave of 2 days. However, when I received my salary, I discovered that these leaves were considered as leave without pay.

I would like to know if there is a procedure in the HR rules stating that if an employee is in the notice period, all the leaves taken would be considered as leave without pay.

I appreciate your suggestions.

Sharmila Yadav
Manager-HR
EMAIL- hrsharmila@gmail.com

Dear Ms. Yadav,

If you have the service manual of your educational institution, there will be a clause regarding the availing of leaves. Please proceed accordingly.

Have a nice day.

L. K. Gupta

Mr. Gupta is absolutely right about the manual. Generally speaking, if there is nothing like this specifically in the manual, then as per the leave rules, you could have taken CL or SL, and then it should not be considered as Leave without pay. Please check.

Ashok

Dear sir,

Thank you, but I have applied for those leaves as CL. However, they have not included those leaves in CL as per the discussion with GM. He informed me that there is no provision for CL or SL leaves if a person is working in the notice period.

Regards,
Sharmila Yadav

Dear Ms. Yadav,

I agree with Mr. Ashok. Regarding CL, you can avail one or two days of leave only. If you want more leaves, then you should go for SL with a medical certificate. Because EL cannot be availed when you are leaving the job; that will be encashed at the time of full and final payment.

Again, you should refer to the manual.

Hope you are feeling more relaxed now.

L. K. Gupta