All employees are entitled to at least 4 weeks annual leave yearly. More specifically, those working five days a week are entitled to a minimum of 20 working days annual leave and those working six days a week are entitled to a minimum of 24 working days annual leave.
The annual leave may be substituted by monetary compensation only in the case of termination of employment. When an employer gives notice of termination to an employee, annual leave cannot overlap with the period of notice. If the annual leave is granted and will not be paid upon termination, the period of notice should begin after the end of the annual leave.
Absence from work on sick-leave/ parental leave and leave on grounds of Force Majeure or maternity leave are considered as working periods for the calculation of an employee’s annual leave.
The accumulation and transfer of annual leave is a matter of agreement between an employer and an employee through a collective agreement or a contract or the business practice. In case an employee can accumulate annual leave, then he/she can claim accumulated leave for up to 2 years.