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Annual leave requirements depending on the location and type of work an employee works in. This is regulated by each states respective Shops and Establishment Acts. Generally, the average employee is entitled to three types of leave including:
This means an employee is obligated to around 30 days of paid annual leave days per year. This does not include statutory national holidays which is an extra 3 days per year. Any other public holidays are state based and is determined by the company based on local customs. Annual leave is based on an accrual system whereas employees can request to take annual leave after 6 months of employment. There is a carry-over system of 24 months, up to 30 days of annual leave that an employee can accrue before it is reset.
In India, employees are entitled to maternity leave or adoption leave as long as they meet certain eligibility requirements.
Any employee that works for an employer with more than 10 employees, and has worked for an organisation for longer than 80 days is entitled to maternity leave benefits. The standard amount of maternity leave granted is 26 weeks leave if it’s an employee’s first or second pregnancy. If it’s an employee’s third child or more, they are only entitled to 12 weeks maternity leave for each subsequent pregnancy. Maternity leave must start at least 8 weeks before the expected birth and it is prohibited to work for the first 6 weeks after childbirth. Maternity leave is paid by an employer and equates to 100% of the employees salary.
There is no mandatory requirement for an employer to give paid or unpaid paternity leave. Any paternity benefits are organised at the employers discretion.
Sick leave is not a mandatory benefit in India. However, it is common practice to allow employees to have 7 days of paid sick days per year as part of their employment contracts. Some companies may even allow for up to 15 days of paid sick leave per year.
There is no formal requirement to grant bereavement or compassion leave in India. There is a type of leave called “Casual Leave” which can be used by an employee experiencing an
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The minimum annual leave entitlement generally sits around 15 to 20 days per year in India.
The standard amount of PTO in India is around 33 days including statutory national holidays, annual leave accrual, paid sick leave and casual sick leave if taken.
As paid sick leave is not mandatory, there is no minimum amount of sick leave that an employee can take. However, it is standard for an employer to include at least 7 days of paid sick leave as part of an employees benefit package.
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