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In Europe this is pretty standard practice everywhere. Say you have 30 days of vacation per year. You have to take at least 20, and 10 of those have to be conse
by close04 7y ago
In Europe this is pretty standard practice everywhere. Say you have 30 days of vacation per year. You have to take at least 20, and 10 of those have to be consecutive. Otherwise your manager gets a bollocking from their manager and HR. In theory at least.
The rest of the days might be lost, transferred into next year’s vacation with a cutoff (like until end of Q1 next year or end of the year otherwise they are lost), or with no cutoff and they stack up forever.
- ohlookabird 7y agoYes, that's what experienced, too in Germany. Both in the private and public sector.
- skinkestek 7y agoHere in Norway it is 5 workweeks (6 for those over 60 I think), 2 can be transferred (either way I think) and 3 are mandatory. And if you delay two weeks to next year that means 5 mandatory weeks that year. And: it is not just in theory. It is the law and both parts can get in trouble if you don't follow it.
- MockObject 7y agoWhen people from here write "here", which "here" do they mean? The one here, or the one there?
- skinkestek 7y agoThanks for pointing it out. I've updated my post.
- m4rtink 7y agoAt least in Czech Republic, this is mandated by - you have to take your PTO in the calendar year it was awarded to you (20 days are mandated by law, by in practice companies give 25 to stay competitive) & your employer has to let you take it (not necessarily when you want, but it has to be in the calendar year). If the PTO is not taken, the company can be fined by the state, so this is taken rather seriously.
- close04 7y agoIt’s mandated by law almost everywhere in Europe but since countries don’t fully align their laws there may be significant some differences are n how many days and the actual conditions.
- kubanczyk 7y agoIn Poland about the same, but with an interesting twist: it's not the company, or CEO, or HR, that risk a fine; the first person fined is your direct manager, personally. Works like a charm, I have to admit.