New Employee Joins Before a Holiday: Should That Day Be Paid? Seeking Clarification

Dear Seniors, I would like to seek clarification: if an employee joins on a particular date, and the next day or the day after is a holiday, will that day be considered a paid holiday or not, taking into account that the employee has just joined one day before? Please clarify.

Dear Meenu, that should be a paid holiday. You are not supposed to consider the employee has just joined a day before. The joining day is important, right? Otherwise, we have to plan accordingly for the joining date of employees.

Thanks & Regards

If an employee has joined in the management cadre, then he/she will be paid for the paid holiday. The payment of the paid holiday will depend on whether your organization has declared that holiday as a paid holiday or not. If your organization has declared a paid holiday and an employee has joined your organization one or two days prior to the paid holiday, then he/she will get the salary for that paid holiday as your other employees will get.

It will be a paid holiday for the employee who has joined just one day before because it is a declared paid holiday for your company. Furthermore, in such cases, you should plan in advance, and you could have asked him to join after that holiday to avoid such problems.

Regards,
Bijaya Kumar Sahu
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Senior Manager (HR & Admin.)

It is immaterial whether the employee has "just" joined or is on probation; the holidays that are applicable to the establishment/factory after he has actually joined, he will be entitled to enjoy such holidays. For reasons of his terms and conditions of employment, he may or may not be able to avail CL, SL, or PL, but paid holidays to the establishment/factory he must get!

Clear?

Regards,
Samvedan
October 2, 2013

As I am not entirely sure about this, if a candidate joins the organization a day before a holiday or two, it doesn't matter. This is because if the date is declared on the offer and joining letter, the candidate will be considered an employee of that organization from that date. In those circumstances, that would be considered a paid holiday. Seniors, please correct me if I am wrong.

Regards, Tanay S. Kulshreshtha

You are absolutely correct! Even if the date on which he asked to join happens to be a paid holiday for the establishment, he (without actually joining) is entitled to that paid holiday. Let there be no doubt about this!

Regards,
Samvedan

October 3, 2013

As per the rule, anybody joining before a holiday will be counted as a paid holiday.

Regards,
K. Singh

As per my knowledge, it will be a paid holiday, and your other employees will get it as well.

Regards,
Jafri

Dear Meenu,

If, upon the joining of an employee, there happens to be a holiday (1 or 2-3 days of new joining) and if your organization remains closed on that day, then it will definitely be a holiday for the new employee, and there will be no deduction of pay.

Bijaya Kumar Sahu General Manager (HR-Admin.) 9238600228