A Leave Policy in Zoho People is a collection of Leave Types bundled together and assigned to a group of employees — such as all permanent employees, all employees at a specific location, or all employees in a particular department. It determines which leave entitlements apply to each person.
A Leave Policy groups multiple Leave Types together and assigns them to a defined set of employees. Instead of configuring leave entitlements for each employee individually, you create a policy that contains all the relevant leave types and their rules, then assign that policy to a group of employees who share the same entitlements.
For example, a Permanent Employees Leave Policy might include Casual Leave (12 days), Sick Leave (12 days), Earned Leave (15 days), and Maternity or Paternity Leave. A Contract Employees Leave Policy might include only Casual Leave (6 days) and Sick Leave (6 days).
Policies are assigned based on employee attributes: employee type, department, location, or a combination. When a new employee joins and is assigned the correct employee type and location, the appropriate leave policy applies automatically without HR needing to manually configure their leave entitlements.
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