In this article, we will discuss the various types of leaves available in Asanify. we will discuss each leave type individually for more transparency

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1. Sick Leave/Medical Leave

Sick leave is also given by the company to allow employees to recover from an illness and take care of their health. These leaves are also crucial to allow employees to get the rest they need without worrying about losing pay. It’s important you also ask your employees to take the day off if they are sick.

Companies must also provide 15 days of sick leave in a year to their employees. However, employers must also be flexible with their sick leaves and allow employees to take longer ones if they have severe health issues.

Casual leave is taken by an employee for:

Such leaves allow the employee to take time off for any life events they have, like traveling to another country or weddings they have to attend. Giving the employee paid casual leave will allow them to prioritize their private life when required. This also makes them feel appreciated in the company.

Public holidays are days that are given as leave by the government. Such holidays must also be observed by every institution— schools, banks, government offices, and even private companies.

Public holidays include:

Include these leaves within your leave policy by also looking into the holidays that the government has mandated for the country.

The employee places importance on religious holidays that they celebrate and want a day off to spend time with their loved ones and celebrate the festival. Religious holidays include:

You must accommodate these holidays they have by providing them with the option to take leave on the day of the festival.

From taking care of the newborn to recovering from the delivery, maternity leave is an important time for mothers. Ensure you have accommodated this type of leave in your leave policy to help employees not worry about their work while they are busy with their newborn. Ideally, 14 weeks is a good amount of time to be given to the mother, allowing them to take care of their newborn for the first 3 months.

Paternity leave is granted to:

to take care of their newborns without any worry. Unlike maternity leaves, new fathers usually get 2 weeks of leave to take care of their child post-delivery.

Losing a loved one is an unavoidable circumstance, and in such events, employees take abrupt leave. As HR, you need to have a bereavement leave policy that provides the employee with the time to grieve their loss, deal with any responsibilities they may have due to the death, and permit them to ask for a bereavement leave without any issue.

Employees who have clocked in more hours than they were required to can be eligible for compensatory days off. Ensure that any employee who has put more time in or come to work on days off (like Saturday) is given a compensatory day off.

Compensatory time-off must be automatically recorded within your backend, and employees should be informed that they have an additional day of leave for the time they put in. More details about the comp-off policy are given here: How to create a comp-off policy?

To say it, sabbatical leaves are “a break from work” where employees can pursue interests they have or take time off for physical and mental health reasons. Unlike other leaves, sabbaticals are long leave periods, from six months to a year. Sabbaticals are commonly taken by employees at educational institutions where professors might need to break from their teaching role to research their projects.

If your employee has surpassed the number of leaves they were eligible for and is taking a leave that doesn’t fall under special leaves like maternity or bereavement leave, they can still leave with a compensation cut. Any leaves taken in the year outside of the paid leaves will result in a pay cut for the employee. Ensure that you’ve clarified the number of leaves the employee has and told them how much pay is cut per leave day they take outside their eligible leaves.

As we move towards a time where there is an increase in employers these days, there are chances that your workplace is likely to a flexible or ‘unlimited’ leave policy. The idea here is that the employees are free to take as much time off as they want, as long as you get the work done. It’s a focus on producing great results rather than just putting in the hours.

International companies like Netflix are differentiating themselves with an unlimited leave policy. Organizations like these are focusing on their employee’s self-motivation rather than supervision.