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Leave Management

Leave policies, accrual, approvals, and LOP integration with payroll.

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Setting Up Leave PoliciesGUIDE

Setting Up Leave Policies

Create leave types, accrual rules, and approval workflows in Attend Mitra for seamless leave management integrated with payroll.

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India Leave Compliance GuideGUIDE

India Leave Compliance Guide

Understand statutory leave requirements in India and configure Attend Mitra policies for earned leave, maternity benefit, and festival holidays.

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Leave and Attendance Management System: Setting It Up Properly for IndiaLEAVE

Leave and Attendance Management System: Setting It Up Properly for India

How to build a leave and attendance system that holds up — leave types, accrual, carry-forward, multi-level approval, and the link from unapproved absence to loss of pay in payroll.

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Leave balance dashboard showing earned, casual and sick leave for a private company in IndiaPOLICY

Leave Policy in India for Private Companies: Legal Floor, Leave Types and a Complete Sample Policy

What the law actually requires a private company in India to give as leave, which leave types to define, how to set accrual, carry-forward, encashment and sandwich rules, and a clause-by-clause sample leave policy you can adapt.

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Earned leave accrual ledger showing monthly credits and carry-forward balanceLEAVE RULES

Earned Leave Rules and Calculation in India: Factories Act Formula, Accrual, Carry-Forward and Encashment

How earned leave (privilege leave) is calculated in India under the Factories Act and state Shops and Establishments Acts, with worked accrual examples, pro-rata rules for joiners, probation and notice-period treatment, and encashment tax basics.

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Attendance calendar marking a Sunday worked and the compensatory off taken the following weekLEAVE RULES

Comp Off: Meaning, Rules, Validity, Comp Off vs Overtime and a Sample Compensatory Off Policy

What compensatory off is, when it arises under the Factories Act and company policy, how it differs legally from overtime pay, how long it should stay valid, how to record and pay it, and sample policy clauses you can adopt.

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Calendar showing Friday and Monday leave with the weekend counted as sandwich leaveLEAVE RULES

Sandwich Leave Rule Explained: Meaning, Legality, Worked Examples and How to Encode It in Leave Software

What the sandwich leave rule is, the prefix and suffix variants, why companies use it, whether it is legal in India, worked Friday–Monday and holiday examples with the LOP impact, and how to configure it consistently in a leave system.

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HR executive processing a maternity leave application with the Maternity Benefit Act checklistLABOUR LAW

Maternity Leave Rules in India for Private Companies: An Employer's Guide to the Maternity Benefit Act

Employer-side guide to maternity leave in India: applicability, 80-day eligibility, 26 weeks and the 12-week cases, wage computation, medical bonus, crèche, work-from-home, the ESIC interplay, documentation and how to configure maternity leave in your leave system.

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HR manager reviewing employee leave balances and approval requests in a leave management systemBUYER'S GUIDE

Leave Management System Buyer's Guide for India: Features, AI Claims and an Evaluation Checklist

What a leave management system must do for an Indian employer, the India-specific features that separate real products from generic ones, what 'AI leave management' actually means, and a checklist, demo script and rollout plan you can use before signing.

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