Can you postpone your untaken paid leave after May 31?

Paid leave shall be earned at the rate of 2,5 working days per month of actual work, during a reference period fixed at 1^er June of the previous year to May 31 of the current year, according to the ordinary law. In principle, they must be taken before 31 May of the year following that period.

A collective agreement (company or branch agreement) may provide for a different reference period from 1^er January to December 31, for example, or from December 1^er April to March 31 for the construction or entertainment sectors. The principle is the same, only the end date of the reference period changes.

If you have not taken all your days off before the end of the scheduled period, it is possible to carry them over, only with the agreement of your employer. Unless otherwise agreed or used in the company providing for a postponement of these days, the employer is not obliged to accept the request for a postponement of leave.

Your employer must also have your consent if they want you to postpone your days after the leave period.

If you were unable to take your leave during the period provided for because of an external constraint (sick leave, maternity or adoption leave, impossibility for organizational reasons at the request of your employer), you are entitled to the postponement of these days.

Employees who benefit from a Time Savings Account (TSA) may place rights arising from periods of leave or rest (RTT) not taken into account.