Leave Policy, Calculation, and Holiday Planning Insights in HR

Hi all,

I work as an HR in a product-based software company. I want to understand the leave calculation... Below are the details:

We give an employee leave for 1 week for marriage. For example, an employee's wedding is on 18th August. He is planning to apply leave from 15th August to 31st August. In between, we have 2 holidays and 4 Sundays. (Monday) 15th August is a holiday, and 18th August is a holiday as it's Independence Day and Rakshabandhan.

So, how many days should the leave be calculated for?

Please help me.

Thanks and regards,
Shanthi

Hi Shanthi,

Do you have any leave policy? What does it say about the sandwich leave policy? If at all you don't have any policy as such, there are 2 options:

1) As per the leave rules, if any employee avails leave between Friday to Monday, then the same shall be treated as 4 days leave.

2) There are many companies in favor of the employees. If any employee avails leave between Friday to Monday and if you are working 5 days a week, they will consider 2 days leave. If you are working 6 days a week, then it's 3 days as leave.

Now you can take the appropriate calculation by approaching top management. Later, it's always advisable to make clear leave policy to avoid confusion. If you need any more information, you can reach me.

In general, most of the companies follow the process like: In case of Casual & Sick leave, the intervening holidays & weekly offs are considered to be part of leave. In case of Earned Leave, they are not part of leave.