India, Nov. 28 -- An Indian employee has sparked debate online after alleging that their manager instructed them to apply for a full day of leave simply because they forgot to log their work from home status on the company's attendance application. The incident, shared on Reddit along with a screenshot of the leave request, has prompted discussions about workplace fairness and excessive monitoring.

Sharing the experience on Reddit, the employee wrote: "My manager has asked me to apply for a day of leave because I didn't update my WFH status on the same day, and I'm not sure if this is fair or if I'm overthinking. For context, in my company, we're required to log Work From Home requests in an internal application every day. I worked from ...