COMPANY COUNTS ALL ANNUAL LEAVE THAT IS MORE THAN 2 DAYS AS UNPAID LEAVE

Question regarding Annual Leave

Hi all, my company (local SME) has this policy where if we were to apply more than 1 days of annual leave, the 2nd day onwards would be unpaid but will still be deducting our Leave entitlement.

I’m new to the workforce so wondering if that’s how leaves usually work? Isn’t it supposed to be paid regardless because its an entitlement ?

Any advice on this? Thanks

Edit: Thanks everyone for your replies! I will be getting black and white from them before taking it up to MOM!

Netizens’ comments

1. It is not how it works Best to report mom and find a new job
2. Will the report be anonymous? I was already looking for a new job anyway. Just don’t wanna leave on a sour note with my colleagues.
3. Lol… exploitation at its worst. Nope this is illegal. Report to MOM and quit with immediate effect.
4. Bro working in a concentration camp
5. Nope that’s not how it works. If you have 20 days of leave entitlement, those are all paid. This is illegal and needs to be reported to MOM.
6. Your contract should state how many PAID annual leave days you are entitled to. If they are stating that the 2nd consecutive leave day is an unpaid leave then at the very least, only the first day should be deducted/consumed from your annual leave balance. If they are still deducting the “unpaid leave” from your annual leave balance, then this is wrong.
7. genuinely very puzzled how these companies actually get away with it? guessing it’s been doing on for awhile and i’m assuming every employee is held to this “rule” so how is nobody flagging this and just accepting it as the norm??
8. Hi OP.
   Don’t report yet. You will need to get this process in black and white first.
   Your best bet for compensation is if contract does not say anything about this, and HR imposes this rule without notice.
   Have fun!!