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Understanding Salary Deductions with Standard Working Days

Can anyone help me with the doubt regarding whether standard working days should be considered as 30 days, irrespective of whether the number of days in a month is 28, 29, 30, or 31? How does the salary deduction take place in the case of 31 days? Do we deduct the number of leaves taken from 28, 30, or 31?

For example, an employee took 3 days of leave in August (31 days), and we consider 30 days (as per the standards) while calculating the salary. Therefore, the present day count would be 28 days, and that employee has 1 paid leave. So, the total paid days would be 29. Now, how do I deduct 2 days from 30 (30-2 = 28 days)? How is this possible as the employee is present for 28 days + 1 paid leave, and the total days to be paid is 29?

Can anyone help me with this doubt?

Dear friend,

When the salary is computed on a monthly basis only and a month is notionally construed to have 30 days only, the actual number of days in any month does not matter for the calculation of Per Diem salary for any purpose.

Dear Friend,

In your given example, the total days to be paid is 29 (31-3+1).

Regards,
V K Sharma

As per @Umakanthan53, the salary is computed on a monthly basis only, and a month is notionally construed to have 30 days only. This is the standard procedure to be followed. I'm just doubting the deduction of salary in case of 31 days.

While calculating the salary, the standard working days to be considered are 30 days, irrespective of whether the number of days in a month is 28/29/30/31 days—I understand this point. However, when deducting the salary, do we again take 30 days as the standard working days? I need clarity on this.

If yes, then, for example, an employee took 3 leaves in August (31 days), out of which 1 is paid and the other is unpaid. So, the total present days would be 28 days (31-3) + 1 paid leave = 29 days. If we are deducting 30-2 (leave deduction) = 28 days coming as paid, how should I adjust the 1 paid leave?

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The calculation is done based on the total number of days in the month. For example, June has 30 days, so the per day salary calculation would be [(Monthly Salary/30) * (30 - unpaid leaves availed)]. Similarly, the calculation for July, which has 31 days, would be [(Monthly Salary/31) * (31 - Unpaid leaves availed)].

Thanks