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A day on which the employee worked or took leave for roughly half the shift, recorded as 0.5 of a day. Policies define what counts, usually by hours present or by first and second half, and the same definition has to drive both the attendance record and the leave debit or LOP.
Half-days are mostly created automatically by attendance rules: a punch-in after a cut-off time, or total hours between set thresholds. HR's work is in the edge cases during the monthly attendance review, deciding whether a flagged half-day should be debited from leave or treated as loss of pay.
Example with illustrative figures: a policy marks a day as half if hours worked fall between 4 and 7. An employee who logs 5 hours on a Friday has 0.5 casual leave debited if a balance exists, otherwise 0.5 day is deducted as LOP in that month's payroll.
Mistakes cluster around split leave requests and holidays. An employee who applies for a second-half leave and then forgets to punch out can end up with both a half-day leave and an absent mark for the same date. Lock attendance only after these conflicts are cleared, so payroll does not deduct twice.
As half present and half absent or on leave. The policy must define the minimum hours for each half.
Many policies allow half-day leave for earned and casual leave. Sick leave rules vary.
If not covered by leave, half a day's pay is usually deducted. The daily rate must be calculated consistently.
Some policies convert repeated late marks into half-days. The rule must be clear and communicated.
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