Attendance & Leave
Attendance policy template for Indian offices
A template of sections most Indian offices need in an attendance policy. Adapt it. Do not treat it as law.
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Attendance, shifts, leave types, and policy operating practice.
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Half-day attendance versus half-day leave
Half-day attendance describes presence. Half-day leave spends a leave balance. Do not treat them as the same button.
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Monthly working-hours gaps and reminders
A working-hours gap is expected time minus recorded time. Chase it before freeze, not after payslips.
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Manual registers versus attendance systems
Registers capture a mark. Systems capture a mark, a person, a time, and an exception path.
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Weekly offs that are not Saturday and Sunday
A weekly off is a rostered rest day. It is not automatically Saturday–Sunday, and it is not leave.
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Night shifts and which calendar day a punch belongs to
A shift that crosses midnight needs a written rule for which calendar day the punches belong to.
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Attendance records versus timesheets
A punch answers whether you were at work. A timesheet answers what you worked on. They are not the same record.
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Auto-absent and auto punch-out: what policies usually do
Auto-absent and auto punch-out close a day when a punch is missing. Review the exceptions before you freeze pay.
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GPS and geofence punches versus office punches
Office punches and GPS punches answer different location questions. Choose by work pattern, not by fashion.
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Face verification for attendance: identity versus location
A face match is an identity check. It does not prove the person was inside the geofence.
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Shift start, end, grace, and late marks
A shift is a window. Grace is a published buffer. A late mark is what happens after that buffer.
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Attendance regularization explained
Regularization corrects an attendance record. It is not leave, and it should finish before payroll freeze.
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