Confused About Leave Rules: Should Sundays Count in Leave Without Pay?

Dear All, We have 20 days of vacation leave (earned leave) that can be taken at any time. Some staff, including my HR Head, took all 20 vacation leave days before December. During the Christmas vacation (scheduled vacation as per our calendar), they took leave without pay (LOP) without including Sunday. She mentioned that if there is any scheduled vacation, Sunday will not be included. However, in January, I have 3 days of LOP, which includes Sunday (Saturday – Sunday – Monday). Please clarify whether what she said is true based on the leave rule.

Regards, Vinnie

It depends on your company policy. Do check your company policy on leave, which will give you a clear picture. Different companies have various policies. Ask your HR to share the leave policy and check whether the clause mentioned is right or wrong. Then you could decide whether LOP is different for scheduled and non-scheduled leaves. If not, you can always ask them to pay you the arrears.

Then what your HR has said is right. Exclusion of Sunday is taken into consideration on all VL. Here, Sundays are also included while on normal leaves. For reference, in many companies, working days are considered in different ways; some by actual days of working (28, 30, & 31) and some by a common dividing factor of 26. What happens in both cases is as follows:

1. While calculating on the actual days of work: Sundays are also included. During continuous leave, Sundays are also included (I think this refers to your case).

2. While calculating by a common dividing factor, Sundays are excluded. During long leaves, Sundays are excluded. Here, actual days of leave will be considered, except Sunday.

Hope this gives you a better idea about the leave policy.