A flexible working arrangement allowing employees to perform their professional duties from their home residence using remote collaboration tools.
- Category
- Attendance & Leave
- Legal status
- Governed by Indian law
- Relevant to
- HR, managers & employees
- Reading time
- 3 min
What is Work-From-Home (WFH)?
Work-From-Home (WFH / Remote Work) is a modern workplace model where employees execute their daily tasks remotely using laptops, secure VPNs, cloud HRMS, and video conferencing. Today, companies operate across fully remote, hybrid (2-3 days in office), or office-first policies.
Key takeaways
- 1Work-From-Home (WFH / Remote Work) is a modern workplace model where employees execute their daily tasks remotely using laptops, secure VPNs, cloud HRMS, and video conferencing.
- 2Today, companies operate across fully remote, hybrid (2-3 days in office), or office-first policies.
Why Work-From-Home (WFH) matters
Expands the accessible talent pool across geographical borders, eliminates stressful daily commutes, and reduces corporate office real estate overhead.
How Work-From-Home (WFH) works in practice
- 1
Set the policy
Define how Work-From-Home (WFH) works: eligibility, accrual or limits, approval flow and carry-forward rules.
- 2
Capture data
Record Work-From-Home (WFH) through biometric, mobile or web check-ins and leave requests rather than paper registers.
- 3
Approve & regularise
Managers review exceptions, missed punches and requests related to Work-From-Home (WFH) within a fixed window.
- 4
Feed payroll
Lock the cycle so Work-From-Home (WFH) flows into salary, loss-of-pay and encashment calculations.
Real-world example
A software development team operates on a hybrid WFH policy, coming into the Bangalore headquarters on Tuesdays and Thursdays for planning sprints.
Indian statutory reference
Covered under company remote work policies, IT security protocols, and state hybrid establishment guidelines.
Rates, limits and state rules change often. Confirm against the latest notification or with your compliance advisor.
Best practices and common mistakes
Best practices
- Publish a clear policy for Work-From-Home (WFH) and keep it in the employee handbook.
- Use one source of truth for attendance, leave and shift data.
- Set approval timelines so requests do not pile up before payroll.
- Audit overtime and loss-of-pay entries each cycle.
- Align policies with the applicable Shops & Establishments rules.
Common mistakes
- Applying Work-From-Home (WFH) differently across teams, which causes disputes.
- Letting attendance corrections happen after payroll is processed.
- Not tracking leave balances in real time.
- Ignoring state-wise holiday and weekly-off rules.
Managing Work-From-Home (WFH) in SleetHR
SleetHR manages Work-From-Home (WFH) with configurable policies, self-service requests and approvals, and sends the final numbers to payroll automatically.