Navigating Leave Requests: Is Sunday a Day Off During a Mixed Leave Period?

Dear Senior,

Kindly advise me as I am new to the HR department and currently in a bit of a mess. One of my employees is on leave for four days from Friday to Tuesday. Will he be entitled to Sunday as a day off? Additionally, he has requested leave for that period, Friday and Saturday as casual leave and Monday and Tuesday as sick leave. He does not have any privilege leave days left.

Your guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Hi,

When an employee takes leave on the prefix and suffix of the week off, then the week off will also be considered as leave. If a person takes leave on Saturday and joins back on Monday, then he can apply for a one-day leave.

Sumathymaraimalaai

Hi,

Yes, very well defined. However, it depends on the company's leave policy. Moreover, most companies follow the same policy.

Regards,
Amit Seth.

Hi Js Negi,

For short leaves like Casual leave or Medical leave, Sunday is not counted. For longer leaves like Earned leave, Sundays are counted if they fall in between the leave period. Please check your company's leave rule book. They must have established one. If not, speak to your management now and create one after consulting with some friends.

No need to panic. These minor issues can be sorted out after consultation.

Riyaz

Hi JS Negi,

Sunday should be considered as leave if he had applied for sick leave on Saturday and Monday. The way he has applied for leave is okay. Furthermore, it depends on your company's policy and how flexible your company is in considering employee leaves.

Regards,
Deepak

Hi,

Generally, according to the leave rules of the majority of companies, Casual Leaves cannot be clubbed with Sick Leaves. Also, please check your leave rules to determine if intervening holidays or weekly offs are counted as leave days. If not, the employee's leave days will be the actual days they were on leave, excluding intervening Weekly Offs or Holidays.

The general rule is that casual leaves cannot be combined with Sick Leaves or Privilege/Earned Leaves at any given time. You can instruct the employee to convert all the leaves to Sick Leave.

Regards,
Phanikanth

Hi Phanikanth,

I believe in today's scenario, there is no thumb rule when companies are promoting work-from-home culture. One of my friends was in an IT service company, and he combined his earned and casual leave to go home. His manager asked him to do so as he didn't have a good balance of earned leave. In my company, I can work on weekends and take leave in lieu of that in the coming days. I can do this even though I have a good leave balance, and there is no urgent requirement to finish the work.

Furthermore, my company doesn't maintain attendance records for employees. It's more of a trust relationship. So, it's all about how flexible you are and how much you want to follow the traditional ways.

Regards,
Deepak

Hi Deepak,

It's really nice to see your reply. I had given my comments based on the query raised, considering the practices that the majority of manufacturing units are following. I wanted to provide a tailored response to the specific question. I also agree with your views, as today's culture is flexible.

Regards,
Phanikanth

Hi Negi,

Leaves depend on how your company's HR policies are framed. Ideally, in some organizations, leaves from Friday to Sunday will be counted as 3 days of leave, but few organizations do not count Saturday and Sunday as leaves availed because weekends are considered non-working days. Therefore, the employee can take 2 days as sick leave and Friday as casual leave. Purpose solved.

Noovera Khopekar
Human Resources