An employee during probation can avail upto 50% of the maximum PLs that may be accumulated in a year from his / her date of joining till the end of the financial year. 

• If an employees joins on or before the 15th of the month then his experience is considered  starting from the current month.

• If an employees joins after the 15th of the month then his experience is considered starting from the next month. 

• During probation an employees is not entitled for leave during the first month of service. Any leave taken during this period will be considered as a loss of pay. (Calculation for loss of pay defined under section “loss of pay calculation”)

 Ex:   If an employee has joined on the 20th of october the number of privileged leaves that he may be entitled to (assuming he works till march) would be 5 months x 1.5 days per month = 7.5 days. Out of this he can avail 50% in advance i.e. 4 days