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Can an employee carry forward untaken vacation days to the following year?
Verified 10 January 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Collective agreement, collective agreement, branch, company or establishment agreement applicable in labor law. They lay down the obligations and rights of the employer and the employee.
Written agreement negotiated between trade union representatives of employees and employers' groups. It complements and adapts labor legislation in a given sector of activity, often more favorably for employees.
Outcome of the negotiations between the social partners (employers and employees)
Collective agreement concluded at the level of a professional branch which has been extended by the Ministry of Labor. This means that the agreement covers all companies falling within the scope of the agreement.
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General case
Carry-over of accrued vacation days not taken during the vacation period is possible.
This is only possible if there is an agreement between the employer and the employee.
Unless agreed or company use providing for a postponement of these days, the employer is not obliged to accept the request for a postponement of leave.
If leave carry-over is not possible, the days not taken are not lost.
Leave not taken can then be paid according to treaty provisions.
Please note
in the event of a return of maternity leave or a adoption leave, the employee shall be entitled to carry over his untaken paid leave. Deferral is also possible when leave could not be taken because of the employee's illness.
Annualized working time
In the event of a change in the working time, a convention or a collective company agreement or a extended branch agreement may provide for the postponement of vacation days.
In this case, leave carry-overs may be made until 31 December of the year following the year in which the period of taking such leave began.
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Absence of employee
Working time counted to the year