Accrual of holiday and special days of holiday

Holiday

You accrue holiday during the holiday year, which runs from 1 September up to and including 31 August. You accrue 2.08 days of holiday with pay per month of employment, equal to 25 days of holiday/5 weeks of holiday per holiday year.

You are entitled to 25 days of holiday, regardless of whether you have accrued entitlements to holiday with pay.
 

Special days of holiday

You accrue 0.42 days of special holiday per month of employment in the calendar year. This is equal to five special days of holiday a year. You accrue the special days of holiday regardless of your number of monthly working hours.

Special days of holiday are accrued continuously during the calendar year, but, unlike ordinary days of holiday, you cannot take the special days of holiday on an ongoing basis. The special days of holiday will only be at your disposal on 1 May in the year after they were accrued.
 

Are you employed on a part-time basis?

If you are a part-time employee, you accrue the same entitlement to days of holiday with pay per calendar year, however, each holiday week corresponds to the number of hours in your normal working week.

In the same way, a special day of holiday corresponds to a normal working day for your part-time employment.

For information on how changes in working hours affect holiday pay, see the Q&A on holiday pay when working hours change.

Accrual of holiday and special days of holiday during absence

During absence with full or partial pay, normal holiday and special days of holiday are accrued. This applies, for example, to absence due to:

• Illness
• Maternity/paternity, parental or adoption leave with pay
• Holiday with pay, including special days of holiday
• Military service involving an absence of no more than one month
• Child care days
• Child’s first and second sick day

Periods of absence without pay, but with payment of the normal pension contribution/accrual of the usual pension entitlement, are treated equally in relation to accruing holidays during paid periods. This means that employees on maternity/paternity, parental or adoption leave accrue holiday with pay during the part of the leave in which normal pension contributions are paid.