Compensatory Leave Letter Sample (PDF, How to, Eligibility)

What is Exactly a Compensatory Leave?

In a Working Office Scenario there are Times when Employees had to Work on Public Holidays, or in Non Working Hours.

To Compensate these Working Hours , the Employee can have the option to Take Leave on Work Days .

This Can be refer as the Compensation Leave Letter For The Duty Taken On Holiday

Compensation Leave May be taken Later or as per the request by the employee.

Who is eligible for compensatory leave?

Compensatory Leave eligibility depends on the Employer and its HR Policies.

In Most cases there are certain rules for the eligible employee, depends upon work hours, for example some company gives Comp Off or Compensatory Leave for Hourly basis and some may have the HR Policies on Work from home Policies, where and employee is eligible to get compensatory leave on extension work (extra work hour ) at the Office itself.

Sometimes Compensatory leave is refereed as bereavement leave, which means the leave is taken or applied in the event of death of near and dear ones(family or friends).

In India most of the Organisation in Private as well as Government Sector do provide a In India most of the Organisation in Private as well as Government Sector do provide a bereavement leave of 3 Days to 7 days , depending upon respective policies.

In UK and USA the bereavement leave may go up to 4 Weeks, respective of Organisation HR Leave Policies

Below is the Sample Letter to display an example on how you also could write Comp Off Letter or a Compensatory Leave Letter

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Listen to the Sample Compensatory Application Leave Letter Example Below:

Sample Format of Compensatory leave letter application

Dear Sir,

I will would like to apply for a compensatory leave starting from December 2nd till December 7th.

I have five days of compensatory leave days and I want to utilize them for this purpose.

During my leave, Mr. John Smith will be assuming my duties.

We have discussed this matter and Mr. John confirmed his availability to cover for me. In case of emergency, you may contact me on my Mobile Phone Number.

Please confirm that you received this letter and that you acknowledge my request accordingly.

Your Sincerely,
S. Sharma
Project Manager
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