Sick Leaveबिरामी बिदा
Sick 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.
Also called: birami bida, medical leave Nepal
Key facts
- Entitlement
- 12 days a yearAt full remuneration.
- Accumulation
- Up to 45 daysUnused days carry forward.
- Evidence
- Reasonable to requireTypically for longer absences.
The entitlement
Twelve days a year, paid in full. Unused days carry forward and accumulate up to forty-five, which gives an employee a meaningful buffer for a serious illness rather than resetting their protection every Shrawan.
Medical certificates
It is reasonable for a company to require evidence for longer absences, and the policy should state the threshold rather than leaving it to a manager's judgement on the day. Asking for a certificate for a single day is common practice in some companies and disproportionate in most.
What matters more than the threshold is that it is written down and applied the same way to everyone.
Sick leave is not a performance signal
Absence data is worth watching in aggregate, because a team with a spiking absence rate usually has a problem that is not medical. Reading an individual's sick leave usage as a performance indicator is a different thing, and it drives people to work while ill rather than to be well.
Sick Leave, answered
Twelve days a year at full remuneration under the Labour Act 2074, with unused days accumulating up to forty-five.
Yes, at full remuneration. This is a change from the older law, under which sick leave was paid at a reduced rate.
Yes, and most policies do for longer absences. The threshold should be stated in the leave policy and applied consistently rather than decided case by case.
- Labour Act 2074, provisions on sick leave and its accumulation.
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.
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Related terms
- Home Leaveघर बिदाHome 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.
- Absenteeism RateAbsenteeism rate measures unplanned absence: days lost to unscheduled absence divided by the days that should have been worked, expressed as a percentage. Planned leave is excluded, because it is not the thing being measured.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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