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# Leave Policies

> How employers configure leave policies on Omnivoo, including types, allowances, accrual, and carry forward.

Leave policies let you set the leave entitlements for your India EOR employees: which leave types they get, how many days per year, how those days accrue, and whether unused days carry forward. This page is for employers.

## Opening the Leave Policies page

The Leave Policies page lives at `/employer/eor/leave-policies`. The easiest way to reach it is from the **Leave Requests** page: click the **Manage Policies** button in the top right. You can also open the Leave Policies link directly. Both leave pages have a **← Back to EOR Dashboard** button to return to your Home dashboard.

## Leave types you can configure

When you create or edit a policy, the **Leave Type** dropdown offers four options:

| Leave Type             | Typical use                                                                      |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Earned / Privilege** | Planned vacation or longer time off, usually with advance notice.                |
| **Casual**             | Short-notice personal time off such as errands, appointments, and family events. |
| **Sick**               | Illness or medical appointments.                                                 |
| **Unpaid**             | Time off without pay, used when paid leave does not apply or is exhausted.       |

These four types are what the policy form actually presents. Parental, maternity, and paternity leave are handled separately (see [Special Leave](/leave-management/special-leave)).

## Creating a policy

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the new policy dialog">
    On the Leave Policies page, click **+ New Policy** in the top right.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill in the policy details">
    The **Create Leave Policy** dialog opens. Fill in:

    * **Policy Name:** a descriptive name, for example "Casual Leave".
    * **Leave Type:** one of Earned / Privilege, Casual, Sick, or Unpaid.
    * **Days per Year:** the annual allowance for this policy. The minimum is 0.
    * **Accrual Rule:** how the allowance is granted (see below).
    * **Allow carry forward:** tick this if unused days can roll into the next year. When ticked, enter a **Max Carry Forward Days** value (minimum 0).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save the policy">
    Click **Create Policy** to save. This button (labelled **Create Policy** when you are creating a policy and **Save Changes** when you are editing one) stays disabled until you fill in the **Policy Name**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Accrual rules

The **Accrual Rule** dropdown offers four options:

| Accrual Rule         | What it means                                           |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Annual (Upfront)** | The full allowance is granted at the start of the year. |
| **Monthly**          | The allowance builds up month by month.                 |
| **Quarterly**        | The allowance builds up each quarter.                   |
| **None**             | No automatic accrual.                                   |

## India statutory defaults

If you have not set up any policies yet, the empty state offers an **Apply India Statutory Defaults** button. Once you have policies, the same action is available as **Apply Defaults** in the green banner below the policy cards. The banner reads **India Statutory Defaults** followed by "12 Casual + 12 Sick + 15 Earned leave days/year", with the **Apply Defaults** button on the right. Applying defaults creates these three statutory starter policies:

* **Casual Leave:** 12 days per year, granted upfront, no carry forward.
* **Sick Leave:** 12 days per year, granted upfront, up to 12 days carry forward.
* **Earned Leave:** 15 days per year, monthly accrual, up to 30 days carry forward.

You can edit any of these afterwards to match your own policy, as long as you meet applicable statutory minimums.

<Tip>
  Apply the defaults once, then use **Edit** and **Delete** on the policy cards to adjust them. The action simply creates the three starter policies each time it runs, so clicking it again adds a second copy of each.
</Tip>

<Note>
  Maternity and paternity policies are not part of this "India Statutory Defaults" action. They are set up separately, as described in [Special Leave](/leave-management/special-leave).
</Note>

## Editing and deleting policies

Each policy is shown as a card with its allowance, accrual rule, carry-forward setting, and an Active or Inactive badge.

* **Edit:** click **Edit** on a policy card to change its name, allowance, accrual, or carry-forward settings.
* **Delete:** click **Delete**, then **Confirm**. A policy that already has employee balances against it cannot be permanently deleted; it is deactivated instead so historical balances stay intact. A policy with no balances is deleted outright.

## How balances are tracked

Leave balances are tracked per calendar year (January to December). Each balance record holds:

* **Total allowance:** days available for the year.
* **Accrued:** days accrued so far (equals the total for upfront accrual; builds up for monthly or quarterly).
* **Used:** days taken through approved requests.
* **Pending:** days tied up in pending requests.
* **Carried over:** days carried from the previous year.
* **Available:** Accrued + Carried Over - Used - Pending.

## Default balances for India EOR employees

Until policies are assigned, India EOR employees still see starter balances so they can request leave from day one:

* **Sick Leave:** 12 days
* **Casual Leave:** 12 days
* **Earned Leave:** 0 days

## Related

* [Requesting Leave](/leave-management/requesting-leave) - how employees submit requests and how you approve them.
* [Leave request rules and limits](/leave-management/leave-rules-and-limits) - the validation rules every request must pass.
* [Special Leave](/leave-management/special-leave) - maternity, paternity, and other categories.
* For the consolidated Benefits view of time off, see [Time Off Management](/benefits/time-off-management).