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HR MANUAL
CHAPTER 4 EMPLOYMENT & HOURS OF WORK
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iii. Any Employee who on attendance for work fails to register his attendance in the
manner specified herein shall be liable to be treated as absent for half a day unless he
gives to the satisfaction of the Authority appointed for the purpose the reasons for his

failure to do so.
iv. All Employees shall be at their appointed place of work at the time fixed. An Employee
attending late shall be liable to be sent out and treated as absent for half-a-day.

v. An Employee found absent during working hours from his appointed place of work
without permission or without sufficient reason, shall be liable to be treated as absent
for the period of such absence.

vi. If an Employee leaves the premises during working hours without permission, he shall
be liable to be treated as absent for the whole day in case his absence commences before
the recess period and for half-a-day in case his absence commences after the recess

period and without prejudice to being so treated as absent, the Employee shall be liable
for (i) deduction of wages/salary in respect of such absence as may be permissible
under the Law or (ii) disciplinary action as is provided in these Rules. Recess period

mentioned herein means duty break available to employees between periods of work
for enabling them to refresh themselves. In general, the recess duration will be of 10-15
minutes between 11.00 AM – 11.30 AM and 3.00 PM - 3.30 PM each, besides a 30-60
minutes lunch break between 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM on all working days.

vii. If five or more Employees acting in concert and without giving 14 days prior notice to
VIT, absent themselves from work or being present at the work spot, refuse to work, a

deduction of 8 days wages/salary will be made in lieu of due notice, in addition to the
deduction of wages/salary for the period of absence. Such Employees are liable for
disciplinary action.
viii. All the Faculty & Staff members should mark their attendance at the reporting time on

all the working days. Non-marking of attendance shall be treated as absence.
ix. Normally permission for coming late is granted only for 30 minutes. The request for

permission for late coming should be intimated to the Registrar / Deans/ Directors /
respective Section Heads either by written or oral communication prior to one hour of
the commencement of the concerned Employees reporting time.
x. The permission shall not be granted as a matter of routine. Only in exceptional cases

permission will be granted.

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