Hi Yuvadhana,
If your company's Leave Type happens to be " Paid / Previleged / Earned Leave" then there comes the concept of Leave Encashment. Generally, during the begining of the financial year, the employees are credited with all types of leaves entitled for that particular financial year and the employee is allowed by the employer (based on the company's policy) to accumulate their "Paid / Priveleged / Earned Leaves" only to a specific capping limit. So, if the number of leaves accumulated by an employee exceeds the capping limit; then the amount are encashed for the number of units that has exceeded the capping limit.
For Example;
Employee Name - Reshma
Grade - II A
Department - Finance
Leave Types Entitled - PL (Paid Leave): 24 days a year, LTA (Travel Leave): 12 days a Year, ML (Maternity Leave): 84 days a year
Leaves until March 2010 - PL : 65 days, LTA : 0, ML : 84 days
PL Capping Limit for Grade II A - 60 days
Leave Entitlement for April 2010 - March 2011:
PL (Paid Leave): 24 days a year, LTA (Travel Leave): 12 days a Year, ML (Maternity Leave): 84 days a year
Leave Entitlement for Reshmi for the Period April 2010 - March 2011:
LTA : 12 days
ML : 84 days
PL allowed = 24 days (Current year entitlement) + 65 days (carry over from the previous year accumulations) = 89 days
But PL Capping Limit happens to 60 days
So number of encashable PL unit happens to be 89-60 = 29 units
And PL becomes 60 days.
Now for the Calculation Part,
For the 29 units,
Leave Encashment rule happens to be 29 * Current Month's i.e., April's (Basic + DA)/30; DA = 0 for those who don't have DA.
But the Capping limit may vary as per the policy of the company.
In case of Resignation, the number of encashable units eligible are calculated based on the proration logic on the number of leaves allowed this year. But in all case, according to me the leaves are encashed based on the current month's basic / Current month's Basic + DA.
Regards,
Vidyaa