Absenteeism Dilemma: Can We Deduct Sunday if It's Between Two Half-Day Leaves?

If an employee is on leave for the second half on Saturday and the first half on Monday, can we deduct Sunday, which falls in between the prefix and suffix of absenteeism?

Dear Shailija, greetings for the day. First of all, it may be noted that leave is only granted against working days, not against paid holidays or weekends. Regarding your query about Sunday deductions, it can only occur when an employee is on unpaid leave.

Thanks & Regards,
Sumit Kumar Saxena

If you grant half-day earned leave for the second half on Saturday and half-day earned leave for the first half on Monday, then you are required to pay for Sunday, i.e., the weekly off, also if your pay system is based on 30 days. On the other hand, if there is a prefix or suffix to the leave of CL or SL, the intervening weekly off will also be treated as leave. If there is no leave balance in the credit of the employee who applies for leave as stated above, he has to lose two days' pay.

Regards

We have declared paid W/Off days and also filed the holiday list for the year with FI, LC Office, and Notice Boards. We also have rules regarding how many days an employee should work in a week to be entitled to paid W/O.

Short Leave and Long Leave Policy

We need to establish a Short Leave and Long Leave Policy so that an employee taking leave within the Short Leave period will not lose the benefits already declared, subject to the rules of Clubbing. Once such leave policies are framed, there will not be any problem. The HR Department often faces criticism for not properly drafting leave rules.

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HR Consultant, AGM-HR & Admn.
11.12.2014