Confused About Leave Policy: Why Is My 5-Day Leave Counted as 7 Days?

I was on leave for 5 days from Monday to Friday, that is January 14th till January 18th, and resumed office on Monday, January 21st. Our organization has fixed Saturday and Sunday off. My HR says the number of days counted as leaves will be 7. Can anyone please help me understand what kind of leave policy this is? I have 15 years of work experience, and never has an HR told me such a thing about leave. I just want to understand if there is anything new of which I am not aware.

Dear Anonymous,

It depends on the type of leaves you applied for and the leave policy of your company in the case of CL and SL to consider intervening offs/holidays as leave. If you have applied for earned leave/annual leave...

If yours is the case of a Factory - The law is silent on this aspect. If it is registered under the Shops & Establishment Act - yes, weekly offs/holidays will be counted as intervening leaves.

Shailesh Parikh
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Vadodara