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title: "Expiring annual leave is like Amul Taaza — it's not perishable, it's an employee's time."
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source_title: "Expiring annual leave is like Amul Taaza — it's not perishable, it's an employee"
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# Expiring annual leave is like Amul Taaza, it's not perishable, it's an employee's time.

## Claim
If anything, the only thing that expires is the employee motivation waiting for permission to use the leaves.

## Mechanism
When unused leave expires, it signals that the company values policy over people. The real cost is not the leave itself but the erosion of trust and motivation when managers gatekeep time off as if it's a scarce resource.