Menstrual leave

12 calendar days (1 per month)

Annual Leave

• 1.5 days of AL is credited every month.
• Team members will be eligible to avail Annual Leave from the Date of joining.
• Any leave request more than 4 days has to be approved by the Reporting Manager and the Business Head.
• Maternity, Paternity leaves cannot be carried forward or encashed.
• Leave Encashment will be done only at the time of full and final settlement on monthly basic salary.

Sick Leave

• 12 Sick leaves will be pre-credited which can be availed during the respective calendar year.
• Sick leave will pre-credited on a prorate base effective 1st July 2023.
• Any leave request for more than 3 days requires a medical certificate from the practitioner and approval from reporting manager.
• Sick leave can be accrued during the calendar year and cannot be carry forward to subsequent calendar year. No leaves encashment is applicable.

Bereavement leave

• 03 working days in a calendar year
• Applicable on the demise of an immediate family members – Spouse, Children, Siblings, Parents / In-Laws.
• Need to be availed within 15 days from the date of demise of the concerned.

Compensatory Off

• If a team member has worked on National Holidays, Festival Holidays, Weekly offs, as declared by the organization or a minimum of 8 hours, he / she can then apply for a Compensatory off in lieu of the same. After prior approval from the Manager, the Compensatory off can be availed within Ninety days from the original leave / off day.
• Unavailed compensatory offs, will be paid out only for Retail Sales, Service, Projects, IT hardware, Cauvery sales and Cauvery technical service team.
• The Store / Location Incharge/ Factory incharge to provide input to the HR, on or before the 23rd of every month.
• If he/she has worked for a minimum of 4 hours, he / she can apply for half a day Compensatory off.
• The leave balance will not reflect the pending Compensatory offs, since they are not to be kept pending for more than ninety days.  Managers and Supervisors to ensure that team members avail their pending Compensatory offs immediately.
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Maternity Leave 

• Maternity Leave is granted to women team members as per the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act 1961. It is provided with intent to enable expecting mothers to take due care and rest before and after delivery.
• Every woman team member in ‘Ample’ shall be entitled to Maternity Leave of twenty six weeks provided she has worked in ‘Ample’ for a minimum period of 80 days, in the Company.
• Team members must apply for this Leave at least eight weeks before the expected date of delivery with an intimation to Reporting Manager and HR. Maternity leave will have to be approved by the respective HOD and HR.
• Public holidays and Sundays that fall during this period are considered as part of the maternity leave and hence no additional leave or payments will imply.
• Maternity leave cannot be carried forward or encashed.
• Maternity Leave is applicable beyond 2 children in a family. The maximum period of maternity benefit that a woman having two or more than two surviving children is entitled to, is twelve weeks of which not more than six weeks shall precede the date of her expected delivery.
• In case of miscarriage or medical termination of pregnancy, a woman shall, on production of such proof as may be prescribed, be entitled to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit, for a period of six weeks immediately following the day of her miscarriage or, as the case may be, her medical termination of pregnancy.
• Adoption leave is granted to mothers who have adopted a child that is less than 3 months old.

Paternity Leave

• Paternity Leave is intended to support Fathers in the early stages of a child’s birth.
• Team member shall be entitled to 5 days. 
• Applicable beyond 2 children in a family.
• Applicable from the date of joining.
• Team members must apply for this leave at least two weeks before the baby is due or within 30 days post childbirth. This has to be approved by the respective reporting manager and HR manager.
• Paternity Leave cannot be carried forward or encashed.

Consultant/ Part Time Team Members

A consultant / part – time team member is entitled for annual paid leave of 12 days in a year.

HR will credit 1 day of leave every month from the date of joining and team members are eligible to avail these leave from the date of joining.

Leave En-cashment

Leave en-cashment is applicable on basic salary. Starting from 3rd year from date of joining, 10 days of leaves would be en-cashed for every 2 years (over and above 40 days).

Maximum 40 Days of leaves would be en-cashed at the time of full and final settlement.

All leave encashment is on basic of the salary.

**Any exception to this policy will need an approval from Head of Business and Head of HR.

Revision History

*** Exemption

Sr.Manager and above will be eligible for unlimited leaves basis approval from Department and HR head. The leave request has to be submitted through a leave application form through HRMS to the reporting manager.

Document Management:

Version 1.0 HR Internal Document

Policy Name	Leave Policy
Policy Owner	Human Resources
Applies To	All Team Members of Ample
Effective Date	July 1,2023
Related Documents	HR Policy
Approved by Management	Yes
Supersedes	N/A
Contact for questions or policy Interpretation	hr@ample.co.in

Revision/ Change Tracking:

Rev No:	Date	Brief Reason for Change	Archive File Name	Changed By
1	21-11-2025	Government Notification	Menstrual Leave	Shilpa (HR Ops)
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