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Late mark deduction calculator
Work out the salary deduction for late coming under your company’s rule, with every step shown. Free, no sign-up, and nothing you type leaves your browser.
How late mark deduction is worked out
Everything starts from one day’s pay: the monthly salary divided by a fixed number of days. Most Indian companies use 30 for every month, so a ₹30,000 salary is ₹1,000 a day. Some use the days in that month, and some use 26 working days, which makes a day worth more.
The company’s rule then turns late marks into money. With “3 lates = half day”, 7 late marks make two sets of three: one full day, ₹1,000. The seventh doesn’t count until there are nine. A per-minute rule divides a day’s pay by the minutes in a working day, so on a 9-hour day each minute costs ₹1,000 ÷ 540, about ₹1.85.
Common late rules in Indian companies
A grace period of 10 to 15 minutes, then half a day for every 3 late marks in a month, is the most common. Many companies allow the first 2 or 3 late marks free, and take late marks from leave before pay. Support teams and BPOs on fixed shifts more often cut pay by the minute.
Before you deduct
The Payment of Wages Act only allows deductions for reasons it lists, such as absence from duty, which is why most companies treat repeated late marks as part of a day absent. Write your rule into the appointment letter or HR policy, tell people before it applies, and check the details for your state with your CA or HR adviser.
The hard part is usually not the arithmetic but the count: a register or a biometric machine records the door, not when work started, and late marks get argued over at month end.
Timerfly does this automatically from your team’s computers. Late marks come from each person’s own shift, with your grace minutes, and the monthly payroll Excel has them counted for you.
Questions
How is one day’s salary worked out?
Most Indian companies divide the monthly salary by 30, whatever the month. Some divide by the days in that month, and some by 26 working days. Use whatever your appointment letter or HR policy says: the calculator lets you change it.
What is the usual rule for late coming in India?
The most common rule is a grace period of 10 to 15 minutes, then half a day’s pay (or half a day’s leave) for every 3 late marks in a month. Some companies allow 2 or 3 late marks free each month first.
Should late marks come out of pay or leave?
Many companies take them from the leave balance first, and from pay only when there’s no leave left. The count works the same way: 3 late marks become half a day either way.
Does this calculator store anything?
No. It runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.