Leave Suffix/Pre-fix Rules

If your company has a sandwich policy, then prefix and suffix leave days might be automatically added to your leave application, either at the time of submission of your application or at the time of approval of your leave application. The system allows to define such Suffix/Pre-fix Rules.

Role

Leave Admin

Path

Leave Configuration » Leave Policy Configuration

Inputs Needed

• Leave types must be configured.
• Post Type configuration for the leaves should be defined.
• Leave Applicability should be defined.
• Leave Cycle should be configured. For Eg: 1st January 2020 to 31st Dec 2020

Terminology Used

• Suffix - A suffix is a leave attached to the end approved leave.
• Pre-fix - A pre-fix is a leave attached at the beginning of the approved leave.

Functionality

• Prefix and Suffix Weekly off/Holiday should be counted with leave. For Eg: Considering Sunday as a weekly off in the organization, if an employee is on approved leave from Monday to Saturday, then both the Sundays (prefix and suffix) will be considered as leave.
• Either of Prefix or Suffix Weekly off/Holiday should be counted with leave. For Eg: Considering Friday being Holiday and Saturday being Weekly off, if an employee has applied for a Saturday which falls in between them, then either the holiday or the weekly off will be considered as leave.
• In between Weekly off/Holiday should be counted as leave. It refers to the leave policy where leaves are treated as continuous. E.g. If an employee has taken leave on Saturday and Monday then Saturday and Sunday will also be counted as leaves.
• These rules can be defined as per the employment of the employee that is either to Regular employees only or to Ad-hoc or contractual employees.

Step by Step