Hi Guys, We are introducing a Sandwich policy in o...
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Nidhi Sharma
06/09/2023, 11:38 AMHi Guys, We are introducing a Sandwich policy in our existing leave policy. Please help me drafting the same.
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Wristy
06/09/2023, 4:13 PMHi Nidhi. Let me know what you are looking for in the policy. I will be glad to support.
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Albus
06/09/2023, 4:43 PMThanks for asking Albus
Albus
06/09/2023, 4:43 PMI found a resource that contains 300+ ready-to-use HR documents, including various policies. You can refer to this HR Toolkit to find a suitable template or example for drafting your Sandwich policy: https://www.springworks.in/hr-toolkit/ However, I couldn't find a specific Sandwich policy document in the provided sources. If you need further assistance, please let me know.
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Sumit Singla
06/09/2023, 7:50 PMWhat's a sandwich policy?
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Eugene Caceres
06/10/2023, 8:41 AMyeah me also Im curious what's a sandwich policy?
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Wristy
06/10/2023, 9:25 AMAs per my understanding, it means the policy which defines whether the weekends that fall between leaves are counted or not counted as leaves.
I wait for Nidhi’s clarity.
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Jigyasa
06/12/2023, 6:27 AMSandwich leave policy means the weekend that fall between the leaves afre calculated as leave.Ex: Friday and Monday leave will be counted as 4 days leave.
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Wristy
06/12/2023, 7:52 AMThat’s what my understanding is too @Jigyasa. Let’s see what Nidhi needs assistance in. 🙂
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Nidhi Sharma
06/12/2023, 11:52 AMYes, the sandwich leave policy means that if the weekend falls between Friday and Monday leave it will be calculated as Leaves. We are introducing this policy in our company
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Sumit Singla
06/12/2023, 11:54 AMIs there a reason for doing this, @Nidhi Sharma? As an employee, I'd hate for this to happen because the weekend is something I'm entitled to anyway, irrespective of the leave.
Also, instead of taking Friday and Monday off, wouldn't it make sense for a person to take Mon & Tue off (or Thu and Fri)? How would that benefit the organization?
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Nidhi Sharma
06/12/2023, 12:41 PMYes, they are taking long leaves, we will be using this policy in the case of long leaves i.e if more than one weekend is included in the leaves we will mark the 2nd weekend and onwards as leaves
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Wristy
06/12/2023, 1:08 PM@Nidhi Sharma I understand that some organisations are using this approach. However, most of them have either moved on or are moving towards the new and more acceptable approach of not counting weekends/public holidays as a part of leaves. It increases the employee morale, results into happy employees & better productivity, hikes employer brand in the market.
The Sandwich policy demotivates the employee, also resulting into more working days taken as leaves impacting the business.
A suggestion would be to see all sides prior to bringing in the Policy. For drafting, I will be glad to assist.
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Sumit Singla
06/12/2023, 1:10 PM100℅ agree with @Wristy. Employees have the right to feel disgruntled (and rightfully so) if such a policy is in place.