June 15, 2023

All staff in your team who joined on or before December 31, 2022 are eligible for block leave of at least ten consecutive working days to be taken before December 31, 2023. They must discuss with you, finalise and enter their block leave dates on ShareKonnect by June 23, 2023.

Given that two quarters of 2023 has already passed, it is now your responsibility to ensure that at least 50% of your team members avail of block leave by the end of the third quarter, ie by the end of September 2023, so that a large section of the staff does not go on block leave in the last quarter of the year (October, November and December of 2023), thereby avoiding putting undue pressure on their colleagues.

The responsibility to comply with the Block Leave Policy of Sharekhan lies as much with the line managers as with their team members. As a line manager, you can help implement the Block Leave Policy by doing the following:

1. Ensure that each eligible direct reportee plans and takes block leave before the end of December every year.
2. Encourage your direct reportees to finalise their annual block leave dates after discussing with you in the first quarter of the year. As part of the process, they must then also enter the start and end dates of their block leave on ShareKonnect.
3. See to it that at least 25% of your team members goes on block leave in each of the four quarters of a calendar year so that a large section of the staff does not go on block leave in the last quarter of a year.
4. Approve all block leave requests on ShareKonnect at least 48 hours before the start date of such leaves.
5. Ensure business continuity during the vacation period of your staff.

Block leave is essential for risk control and we seek your support to achieve 100% compliance of the policy in Sharekhan.

If you have any questions, click the link to read answers to FAQs on block leave:
https://www.sharekhan.com/MediaGalary/Newsletter/Block-Leave-2-150623-web.html

Apne team mein 100% block leave achieve kar, Sharekhan kar.