Vacation Rights – private market

The minimum vacation time is 24 working days. The vacation pay is 10.17% of the employee’s total wage.

  • Following 5 years’ employment in the same company or the same profession, employees’ vacation time shall be 25 days, and vacation pay shall be 10.64%.
  • Following 10 years’ employment in the same company, employees’ vacation time shall be 30 days, and vacation pay shall be 13.04%.

Vacation right is calculated from May 1st – April 30 each year. The vacation summer period is from May 2 – September 30.

Vacation rights earned because of work for the same company will be renewed after three years’ work for a new company, that this has been verified.