Sundays (weekly offs) are also treated as a loss of pay in our company. What are the rules and regulations in the above matter?

One employee has applied for leave. There is no leave balance. We will treat it as a loss of pay. I doubt the person was on leave from 01.11.2011 to 22.11.2011. There are 22 days and 3 Sundays (weekly offs) within that period. Sundays (weekly offs) are also treated as a loss of pay in our company. What are the rules and regulations concerning this matter?

The law (referring to the Factories Act) states that after the 6th day of work or after completing 48 hours in a week, a day off should be given as a weekly holiday without wages, not as a weekly holiday with wages. Therefore, in your case, since the person has not worked 48 hours in a week and has taken the entire week on Leave Without Pay (LOP), Sundays should also be considered as LOP days.

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Raju

If any employee is on leave Monday to Wednesday, then what about his weekly off on Sunday?

Hi,

An employee on leave from Monday to Wednesday means 3 days of leave to be deducted from the leave balance. Sunday is the weekly off, so it should not be considered as leave. However, if the employee is on leave from Friday to Wednesday, the weekly off in between should also be adjusted against the leave.

When an employee is availing leave for more than 2/3 days consecutively, the intervening weekly off shall be counted as leave only and not as a weekly off day.

Sir,

If the employee is on leave from Thursday to Wednesday, then will Sunday be considered as leave or a weekly off?

Please clarify.

Hi,

In this case (Thursday to Wednesday), it has to be considered as continuous leave, including weekends.

In many organizations, a distinction is maintained between Casual Leave and other types of leaves (such as Earned Leave/Privilege Leave/Annual Leave/Sick Leave/Medical Leave, etc.). In Casual Leave, only the actual working days are counted, and any intervening holiday is not included for leave purposes. For other types of leaves, all intervening holidays are included, but a holiday preceding or succeeding such leave is excluded.

These are some of the employee-friendly policies that an organization can implement. It is better to simplify rules and be generous.

Dear Sir,

I have a query regarding an employee who has applied for leave from Monday to Saturday (6 days) and has a remaining EL balance of 4 days. Will Sunday be considered as a weekly holiday or treated as LOP? Kindly clarify this doubt.