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All-in-one HR platform · v2.0
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A short window after the shift start within which arrival is not treated as late. It is an employer policy rather than a statutory concept, and its length is one of the few settings that visibly changes attendance behaviour.
The grace period is configured once in the attendance policy, often 10 or 15 minutes after shift start as an example, and then applied automatically every day. Its real effect shows up at month end, when late marks are counted and converted into deductions or half-days under the policy.
Example with illustrative figures: a policy allows 15 minutes of grace and treats three late marks beyond grace in a month as half a day of leave. An employee who arrives at 9:20 four times sees one late mark rolled into a half-day debit, and the fourth noted for review.
The mistake is applying grace unevenly: allowing it on the morning punch but not on the return from a break, or exempting one team by habit rather than by written rule. Shift workers also need the grace tied to their own shift start, not to a general office time.
A short window after shift start within which arrival is not treated as late.
No. It is an employer policy, not a statutory concept.
The employer, through its attendance policy.
Its length is one of the few settings that visibly changes attendance behaviour.
No, arrival within the window is not treated as late.
It is measured from the start of the shift the employee is assigned.
The arrival is treated as late under the employer's policy; a genuine error can be corrected through regularisation.
No. Since it is a policy choice, its length varies by employer.
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