Which days count as present
Attendance percentage is present days divided by working days, multiplied by 100. The argument is always about what goes into the numerator. Half days count as 0.5. Approved paid leave is usually counted as present for attendance-bonus purposes but excluded when you want to measure physical presence, so the calculator lets you toggle it. Weekly offs and declared holidays are not working days at all and should be left out of the denominator.
Keep the definition stable across months and departments. A factory that counts paid leave as present in January and excludes it in February cannot compare the two numbers, and an attendance incentive built on a shifting definition invites disputes.
- Working days = calendar days − weekly offs − paid holidays
- Half day counts as 0.5 of a present day
- Paid leave: include for payroll-style attendance, exclude for presence tracking
- LOP days always reduce the percentage
Using attendance percentage in policy
Attendance percentage drives attendance bonuses, probation confirmation reviews and shift allocation in many Indian workplaces. If you use it for pay, write the definition into the attendance policy, publish it, and generate it from the same records used for salary so that the number on the payslip and the number on the dashboard match.