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Swiggy gives Monday off when national holiday falls on weekend
Swiggy employees get the following Monday off when a mandatory public holiday falls on a weekend, according to a LinkedIn post by senior design executive Saptarshi Prakash. Prakash, assistant vice president and…
Swiggy employees get the following Monday off when a mandatory public holiday falls on a weekend, according to a LinkedIn post by senior design executive Saptarshi Prakash. Prakash, assistant vice president and head of design at Swiggy, Dineout, Toing and Crew, described the arrangement as one of the "most underrated things" about working at the company. Unlike compensatory leave, which requires employees to work extra hours, this policy shifts the holiday to Monday automatically, ensuring staff do not lose the day off because it coincides with a weekend.
Prakash's post on Monday attracted widespread praise on LinkedIn, with users calling for similar benefits across Indian companies. The policy applies to mandatory holidays such as Independence Day and Republic Day. Labour law experts cited by the Economic Times said weekly holidays are a statutory right, and employees working on public holidays are generally entitled to compensatory leave or extra wages under the Factories Act or the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, but the Swiggy arrangement goes further by granting the day off without requiring employees to work the holiday.
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Swiggy's policy effectively operates as a floating holiday, a practice common in some Western countries but rare in India's formal sector. For a company with over 6,000 employees, the financial cost is roughly the payroll for one day per national holiday that falls on a weekend, typically three to four days a year, or around Rs 2-3 crore in lost labour if we assume an average daily wage. The gesture matters most for junior staff, whose time is less flexible than executives'. Watch whether this becomes a differentiator in India's tight tech-talent market, where employee retention has been a challenge post-pandemic.
Source: hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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