Home Leaveघर बिदा
Home leave is Nepal's annual paid leave entitlement. Under the Labour Act 2074 an employee earns one day of home leave for every twenty days worked, and unused days accumulate up to a ceiling of ninety.
Also called: annual leave Nepal, ghar bida, earned leave Nepal, paid leave Nepal
Key facts
- Accrual
- 1 day per 20 workedRoughly 18 days a year on a full attendance record.
- Paid
- YesAt full remuneration.
- Accumulation
- Up to 90 daysBeyond that the balance is encashed.
- Resets
- On the fiscal yearShrawan to Ashad.
Why it accrues rather than being granted
Home leave is earned against days actually worked, not handed out as a block at the start of the year. One day accrues for every twenty worked, so an employee with a full attendance record reaches roughly eighteen days over a year, and a joiner three months in has earned about four and a half.
This is the provision companies most often configure wrongly. A policy that grants a flat eighteen days on day one is more generous than the Act, which is permitted, but it also means a leaver in month three has taken leave they had not yet earned, and that has to be recovered in the final settlement.
Accumulation and the ninety-day ceiling
Unused home leave carries forward. It keeps accumulating up to ninety days, and beyond that ceiling the excess is encashed rather than lost. An employee sitting at the ceiling who takes no leave is effectively converting future accrual into cash.
For finance this is a liability that grows quietly. A company with a hundred employees averaging thirty days of accumulated home leave is carrying roughly three thousand days of paid absence on its books.
What HR should watch
- Balances approaching ninety days, because they turn into an encashment obligation.
- Employees with near-zero usage, which is usually a workload signal rather than a leave preference.
- Whether the accrual in the system is the Act's one-in-twenty or a flat annual grant, and whether the offer letters say the same thing.
Home Leave, answered
Home leave accrues at one day for every twenty days worked, which comes to roughly eighteen days over a full year of work. A company policy may be more generous, but not less.
Yes, up to ninety days. Once the balance reaches that ceiling the excess is encashed rather than continuing to accumulate.
Yes, at full remuneration. It is distinct from unpaid leave, which is granted at the employer's discretion.
- Labour Act 2074, provisions on home leave, accumulation and encashment.
This page explains general practice in Nepal. It is not legal or tax advice, and statutory figures are revised from time to time. Check the current Act, rule or notice before acting on it.
Related terms
- Leave Encashmentबिदा सटहीLeave encashment is the conversion of an unused leave balance into money. In Nepal it applies to home leave that has accumulated beyond the ninety-day ceiling, and to the remaining balance when an employee leaves.
- Sick Leaveबिरामी बिदाSick leave is paid leave for illness. Under Nepal's Labour Act 2074 an employee is entitled to twelve days a year at full remuneration, and unused days accumulate up to forty-five.
- Labour Act 2074श्रम ऐन २०७४The Labour Act 2074 is Nepal's principal employment statute, in force since 2074 BS (2017 AD) and applied together with the Labour Rules 2075. It sets employment types, working hours, overtime, leave entitlements, probation and notice, and the funded gratuity and social security model.
- Public Holidaysसार्वजनिक बिदाPublic holidays are the days off an employer must grant in addition to the weekly rest day. The Labour Act 2074 sets thirteen days a year, with one additional day for female employees, and the specific dates follow the government's annual calendar.
- Nepali Fiscal Yearआर्थिक वर्षNepal's fiscal year runs from the first of Shrawan to the last day of Ashad in the Bikram Sambat calendar, which is roughly mid-July to mid-July in the Gregorian calendar. Tax slabs, leave accrual, bonuses and annual returns all follow it.
- Employee Self-Service (ESS)Employee self-service lets staff handle their own routine HR tasks: view a payslip, check a leave balance, apply for leave, update their details. It removes the queue of small requests that otherwise lands on HR.
- Maternity Leaveप्रसूति बिदाMaternity leave in Nepal is ninety-eight days under the Labour Act 2074, of which sixty days are paid at full remuneration. It can begin before the expected delivery date, and the entitlement is the employee's regardless of length of service.
- Mourning Leaveकिरिया बिदाMourning leave is thirteen days of leave granted to an employee who has to perform funeral rites, under Nepal's Labour Act 2074. It is commonly called kriya bida.
- Paternity Leaveपितृत्व बिदाPaternity leave in Nepal is fifteen days of paid leave for an employee whose spouse has given birth, granted under the Labour Act 2074. It is sometimes referred to as maternity care leave.
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