
How to Write a Leave Policy for a Nepali Company
Eleven decisions the Labour Act 2074 forces you to make, in the order to make them, from which leave year applies to what happens above the accumulation ceiling.
Every NepalHRM article in the Compliance category. Practical, Nepal-specific HR and payroll guidance.

Eleven decisions the Labour Act 2074 forces you to make, in the order to make them, from which leave year applies to what happens above the accumulation ceiling.

Section 150 makes the experience certificate compulsory on request and fixes what it must state. The relieving letter is not in the Act at all. What that changes.

eTDS is the electronic TDS statement every withholding agent lodges with the IRD within 15 days of month end. What goes in it, how it is submitted, and the late fee.

Every payroll deadline for FY 2083/84 in one place: TDS at 15 days, SSF at 25, the labour audit in Poush, bonus by Falgun, and the returns in between.

Nepal's law calls the employee handbook by-laws. Section 108 makes writing one optional and binding the moment you do. Five things you cannot do without one.

Nepal's Labour Act 2074 caps probation at six months and confirms the employee automatically when it ends. What Section 13 allows, and what it does not.

Regular, work-based, time-based, casual and part-time employment in Nepal, what separates them, and why the label in your contract does not decide the answer.

Eight hours a day, forty-eight a week, one weekly leave, and a half-hour rest that counts inside the shift. Sections 28 to 33 and 40 to 42, read properly.

The Labour Act 2074 pays overtime at 1.5 times basic remuneration, not gross. Sections 28 to 31, the daily and weekly caps, and a worked example.

Every enterprise in Nepal owes a labour audit. Here is Schedule 10 of the Labour Rules 2075 in English, question by question, plus the deadline and the penalties.

Seven lawful routes out of an employment relation in Nepal, the notice each needs, the 15-day settlement deadline, and the retrenchment compensation formula.

Home, sick, public, substitute, maternity, paternity and mourning leave: what each one gives, the sections that set it, and which leave an employer may refuse.

Gratuity in Nepal is 8.33% of basic salary deposited every month from day one, not a lump sum computed at exit. What the 2074 Act changed, and why it matters.

A practical, plain-English guide to the Nepal Labor Act 2074 - working hours, leave rules, minimum wage, SSF contributions, probation, and termination -…
Payroll, attendance, leave and compliance stop being separate spreadsheets once they share the same employee record. See it on your own team.