Two numbers matter here: how many days of paid leave you are owed, and how many days a given trip costs. The first follows from seniority, education included; the second from the calendar, because leave is counted in working days. No account.
20 days below ten years of seniority and 26 from the tenth year (art. 154 of the Labour Code). Finished education counts towards seniority and those periods never add up: only the highest school counts (art. 155).
| Basic vocational school | 3 years |
| General secondary school | 4 years |
| Secondary vocational school | 5 years |
| Post-secondary school | 6 years |
| Higher education | 8 years |
An example: with a degree (8 years) and two years of work the seniority is 10 years, so the entitlement is 26 days. Half time in the same situation gives 13 days, because a partial day is rounded up.
Leave is granted on days that are working days for the employee. Weekends and public holidays do not come out of the pool, which is why a fortnight off usually costs ten days, and less around the holidays. The calculator works it out for a range of dates.
From the tenth year of seniority, and finished education counts towards it. A degree is worth 8 years, so 26 days arrive after two years of work.
No. Only the highest school counts. Secondary school followed by a degree is 8 years, not 12.
The entitlement is proportional to the fraction of full time, and a partial day is rounded up: half time of 26 days is 13, of 20 days it is 10.
In the calendar year someone starts working for the first time, leave accrues with each month worked, at a twelfth of the annual entitlement - 1.67 days a month out of 20.
No. Leave is granted on days that are working days for the employee, so Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays stay out of it. A fortnight off usually costs ten days of leave.