Employee Leave Dilemma: Should May 1st Be Counted as Unpaid in This Situation?

Hi, an employee was on leave from 30th April to 2nd May. Should I consider 1st May as unpaid leave? Note: I work for an IT company, and we consider 4 days of leave if it is taken on Friday and Monday.

Regards.

According to me, intervening paid holidays or paid offs in between any kind of leave should be considered as leave of that kind and not as paid holidays or paid offs. If both sides are loss of pay, obviously, a paid holiday will be considered a loss of pay. Hope no one will differ with it.

Regards,

Dear Reena,

What you practice is quite a general practice. This is to discourage employees from sandwiching the holidays and hence going on leave together.

In your case, if the person has applied for leave from 30th April till 2nd May and is to resume on 3rd May, the leave is for 3 days - 30th April, 1st May, and 2nd May.

If the person is applying for leave for 30th April and is to resume on 2nd May, I think only 1 leave for 30th April is to be deducted as 1st May was a holiday.

So, if there are any holidays in between the leaves taken, the holiday is considered as part of the leaves. The same thing is validated in the Bombay Shops and Establishment Act as well.

Regards.

Labour Day and Maharashtra Day Leave Policy

1st May is Labour Day and Maharashtra Day, and it is a paid leave as one of the public holidays in the calendar year. Don't count it as availed PL/EL. If it's sick leave, do count.

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1st May is Labour Day and Maharashtra Day, and it is a paid leave as one of the public holidays in the calendar year. Don't count it as availed PL/EL.

If it's sick leave, do count.