Earning Annual Holiday
The employee entitled to annual holiday, when he/she works during the holiday credit year, i.e. between 1 April and 31 march the next calendar year.
An employee is entitled to two and a half weekdays of holiday for each full holiday credit month. However, the entitlement is two weekdays of holiday for each full holiday credit month if, by the end of the holiday credit year, the duration of the employment relationship has been an uninterrupted period of less than one year. When the number of holiday days is calculated, any fraction of a day is rounded up to constitute one full day of holiday.
A calendar month, during which an employee has accumulated at least 14 days at work or the equivalent of days at work, is considered to be a full holiday credit month. This provision is applied to all those employees who work every month according to their employment contract at least 14 days.If, in accordance with the employee’s contract, the employee works on so few days that he/she does not therefore accumulate 14 days at work in any month or accumulates 14 days at work in only some of the calendar months, a full holiday credit month is considered to be a calendar month during which the employee has accumulated at least 35 hours at work or the equivalent of hours at work.
Days and hours equivalent of hours at work are handled more closely in section [Period Equivalent to Time at Work].
Above mentioned provisions do not apply to an employee who, in accordance with his/her contract, works for less than 14 days or 35 hours during all calendar months. These persons are entitled to two weekdays of leave for each calendar month in which the employment relationship has been in force. When the employment relationship has lasted over a year, the employer is entitled to four week’s leave during which he/she receives holiday compensation. The right to leave is based on the duration of the employment relationship and not on a specific work amount. The employer has a right to take leave if he/she so requires. If the employee does not use his/her right to leave, the employer shall pay holiday compensation to him/her at the end of the holiday season (31 September) at the latest.