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A leave policy under which non-working days falling between two leave days are themselves counted as leave. It is an employer choice rather than a statutory requirement, and most organisations discover their own position on it only when somebody disputes a deduction.
The rule only matters on the days it is applied, which is when a leave application spans or touches a non-working day. The HR person's job is to make sure the leave system and the written policy agree, because employees check the deduction against the handbook, not against the software setting.
As an example, an employee applies for casual leave on Friday and Monday. With the rule applied, Saturday and Sunday are also debited and the request counts as four days; without it, two. If the balance is only three days, the difference also decides whether one day becomes loss of pay.
Decisions to settle in the policy itself: whether the rule applies to holidays as well as weekly offs, whether it applies to sick leave, and whether a half-day on either side triggers it. Leaving these open is what leads to disputes over individual cases at payroll cut-off.
Non-working days between two leave days are counted as leave.
No. It is an employer choice, not a statutory requirement.
Under a sandwich rule policy, yes.
Often only when somebody disputes a deduction.
The employer's leave policy.
No. It is an employer choice, so each organisation sets its own position.
To avoid disputes, since organisations often discover their position only then.
The blog post on the sandwich rule.
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