Dear All,
It is necessary for an employee to complete one calendar year to be eligible for annual leave. For example, my date of joining (DOJ) is 18.04.2012, and I have completed 240 days of work, but I have not completed the calendar year from January to December. Am I not eligible for annual leave?
Kindly suggest.
Thanks & regards,
Dipti
From India, Dehra Dun
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It is necessary for an employee to complete one calendar year to be eligible for annual leave. For example, my date of joining (DOJ) is 18.04.2012, and I have completed 240 days of work, but I have not completed the calendar year from January to December. Am I not eligible for annual leave?
Kindly suggest.
Thanks & regards,
Dipti
From India, Dehra Dun
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Dear Ms. Dipti Sharma09,
Those who are in continuous service in the preceding 12 months (should work not less than 240 days) are eligible for E.L. during the subsequent year. If a person joins in the middle of the calendar year, he is not eligible for earned leaves until completion of 12 months of service. Thus, you are now eligible.
From India, Visakhapatnam
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995Those who are in continuous service in the preceding 12 months (should work not less than 240 days) are eligible for E.L. during the subsequent year. If a person joins in the middle of the calendar year, he is not eligible for earned leaves until completion of 12 months of service. Thus, you are now eligible.
From India, Visakhapatnam
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Dear Sharmila,
Thank you for the reply.
In my company, there is a policy that if an employee's Date of Joining (DOJ) is before the 15th of January, they are eligible for annual leave the following year, i.e., in January. However, if an employee's DOJ is after the 15th of January, February, March, or later, then they are not entitled to annual leave the next year. Even in this case, they have to complete the full calendar year from January to December.
According to my company policy, I am not eligible for annual leave yet, even though I have completed the full calendar year from January to December.
Could you kindly advise if this policy is valid or not?
From India, Dehra Dun
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Thank you for the reply.
In my company, there is a policy that if an employee's Date of Joining (DOJ) is before the 15th of January, they are eligible for annual leave the following year, i.e., in January. However, if an employee's DOJ is after the 15th of January, February, March, or later, then they are not entitled to annual leave the next year. Even in this case, they have to complete the full calendar year from January to December.
According to my company policy, I am not eligible for annual leave yet, even though I have completed the full calendar year from January to December.
Could you kindly advise if this policy is valid or not?
From India, Dehra Dun
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Dear All,
Everyone is entitled to Earn Leave. It is immaterial when he joins during a year.
When an employee is in service from 1 January till 31 December, the completion of 240 days of actual work is necessary for the entitlement of Earn leave.
When an employee joins after 1 January and works till 31 December, then he will be entitled to Earn leave if out of calendar days from his date of joining till 31 December he has actually worked for a minimum of 2/3 days. If he has worked less than that, he will not be eligible for earn leave.
The same criterion applies when anyone is in employment on 1 January and leaves in between a year. Two-thirds of actual working days out of the available calendar working days are the criteria.
In this case, the questioner claims that he joined on 18 April and worked until 31 December, and during this period, he worked for 240 days. It seems impossible to me. There must be some misunderstanding or miscalculation. From 18 April to 31 December, there are not 240 working days. How can one work for 240 days?
Vibhakar Ramtirthkar
HR Consultant, Pune
9371001906
From India, Pune
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Everyone is entitled to Earn Leave. It is immaterial when he joins during a year.
When an employee is in service from 1 January till 31 December, the completion of 240 days of actual work is necessary for the entitlement of Earn leave.
When an employee joins after 1 January and works till 31 December, then he will be entitled to Earn leave if out of calendar days from his date of joining till 31 December he has actually worked for a minimum of 2/3 days. If he has worked less than that, he will not be eligible for earn leave.
The same criterion applies when anyone is in employment on 1 January and leaves in between a year. Two-thirds of actual working days out of the available calendar working days are the criteria.
In this case, the questioner claims that he joined on 18 April and worked until 31 December, and during this period, he worked for 240 days. It seems impossible to me. There must be some misunderstanding or miscalculation. From 18 April to 31 December, there are not 240 working days. How can one work for 240 days?
Vibhakar Ramtirthkar
HR Consultant, Pune
9371001906
From India, Pune
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A sound and legally compliant policy shall permit any employee to have the earned leave accrued during the calendar year, whether he joins in January or in the midst of the calendar year. In the case of the latter (middle of the year), the leave shall accrue proportionately, whether or not he completes 240 days.
B. Saikumar
HR & Labour Law Advisor
Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
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