Hi All,
I've recently opted for a job in India with an IT service company and its at starting stage. Apparently I'm the head HR here and am really struggling with Indian Workplace Policy.
Right now my major concern is this sandwich leave policy that we have here. I was talking to the director of my company and he mentioned about sandwich leaves to me, I paused a little and asked him what exactly he meant by sandwich leave as I've heard of it but not well aware of it. Anyway I have a scenario here which my boss says is a sandwich leave but according to my understanding it's not.
Eg: If an employee takes Friday off (Sat/Sun being compulsory off) is that a sandwich leave and will 3 day salary be deducted??
As far as I understand if an employee takes Fri & Mon off being Sat & Sun fixed off then its sandwich leave.
Please somebody get back to me on this ASAP as I'm in a fix and really need your help.
Many Thanks!
Cheers x
From India, New Delhi
1I've recently opted for a job in India with an IT service company and its at starting stage. Apparently I'm the head HR here and am really struggling with Indian Workplace Policy.
Right now my major concern is this sandwich leave policy that we have here. I was talking to the director of my company and he mentioned about sandwich leaves to me, I paused a little and asked him what exactly he meant by sandwich leave as I've heard of it but not well aware of it. Anyway I have a scenario here which my boss says is a sandwich leave but according to my understanding it's not.
Eg: If an employee takes Friday off (Sat/Sun being compulsory off) is that a sandwich leave and will 3 day salary be deducted??
As far as I understand if an employee takes Fri & Mon off being Sat & Sun fixed off then its sandwich leave.
Please somebody get back to me on this ASAP as I'm in a fix and really need your help.
Many Thanks!
Cheers x
From India, New Delhi
Hi Anshika S, In the example cited above, the concept of your boss isn’t right. Like you believe, if the employee takes Friday & Monday off then n then it must be considered as sandwich leave.
From India, Ahmedabad
From India, Ahmedabad
Dear Anshika, Conceptually you are correct. You just need to convince your Boss and make him understand the basics of leave rules. Rgds, Rakesh Pd Srivastav
From India, Gurgaon
From India, Gurgaon
Hello Anshika,
Why not speak to your Director to get the basis/reason(s) for his understanding of the Sandwich Leave concept? Obviously, he must have seen it being practiced the way HE understands it--howsoever wrongly. Or he may have read it somewhere & understood it the way he expresses now.
Once you get to the root of HIS understanding, I am sure you will be able find ways to make him understand the right way.
Rgds,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
Why not speak to your Director to get the basis/reason(s) for his understanding of the Sandwich Leave concept? Obviously, he must have seen it being practiced the way HE understands it--howsoever wrongly. Or he may have read it somewhere & understood it the way he expresses now.
Once you get to the root of HIS understanding, I am sure you will be able find ways to make him understand the right way.
Rgds,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
Dear Anshika,
If Employee Friday to Monday not came in office and Saturday & Sunday Fixed off then its sandwich leave so u deduct to friday to monday (if employee company avail leave is remaining u mark the leave with pay another wise mark the Leave without pay) .
From India, Pune
If Employee Friday to Monday not came in office and Saturday & Sunday Fixed off then its sandwich leave so u deduct to friday to monday (if employee company avail leave is remaining u mark the leave with pay another wise mark the Leave without pay) .
From India, Pune
Dear Anishka,
As per the sandwich leave is concerned it is a common practice in India but at the same time it is illegal also as per laws no salary should be deducted for a holiday or a off day(Saturday Sunday.
From India, New Delhi
As per the sandwich leave is concerned it is a common practice in India but at the same time it is illegal also as per laws no salary should be deducted for a holiday or a off day(Saturday Sunday.
From India, New Delhi
Hi Anshika
Hope you got sufficient responses for your query. Do respond with your views.
To recapitulate :
Warm regards,
From India, Delhi
Hope you got sufficient responses for your query. Do respond with your views.
To recapitulate :
- -- There is no legal or official term by the name of "sandwich leave". Its just an HR jargon.
- -- Your concept about it is right. It implies a period of leave, wherein the prefix and suffix of leave period are Working Days and Closed Holiday/Weekly Off falls in between.
- -- In general, the Closed Holidays/Weekly Off are treated as Paid Holidays;
- -- Accordingly; if they fall in between Leave Period applied for by an employee; they should be treated as Paid Holiday/Leave.
- -- This practice is followed in all Govt./PSU and in all good companies.
- -- However, some small companies/SME's or companies with questionable HR practices; tend to count these INTERVENING holidays/weekly Off as LEAVE. Then either the employee's Leave balance is reduced to that extent or or treated as Unpaid Leave.
Warm regards,
From India, Delhi
Why if a employee take leave on saturday and monday and sunday being his fixed weekly off then sunday will be his sandwich leave? Under which rule & Act we do so. As per you a person worked for 5 days in a week from Monday to Friday and again in next week from Tuesday to Saturday (05 days) thus after working of 10 days he will be given only one weekly off. I would eagerly wait for reply from our HR Team members to debate on this and find the ways to tackle this. So far as per my knowledge, a person becomes entitle for a weekly off after performing three working days duties in a week.
Thanks & Regards
Arun Kumar Singhal
Manager Administration
From India, Delhi
Thanks & Regards
Arun Kumar Singhal
Manager Administration
From India, Delhi
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