Unused vacation will be removed: tips on saving days off

Delfi has already written that the Labor Code stipulates that an employee who does not take the accumulated leave before July 1, 2017 will lose the right to both (accumulated before July 1, 2017) after July 1, 2020 and no longer you can take it. to your compensation in the event of termination of employment.

If an employee started accruing vacation days after July 1, 2017 and is not using them, but is still moving to next year, then you should remember that every 3 years, part of those accrued days will be canceled.

Daiva Čibirienė, president of the Association of Accountants of Lithuania, said in the program “Monetary Affairs” that there are definitely employees who take unused vacations, especially for employees who work for 10 years or more in a company.

“It just came to our attention then. In general, the longer a person works in a company, the more interesting it is for him to work than on vacation, then that vacation accumulates. What you should know here is that if you started working in 2016 As of July 1, 2016, you will not take any leave, but if you started working in 2016. As of June 30, you can run out of vacation if you have not taken it.

In fact, the VDI explains that all leave must be taken before June 30. If a person takes 200 working days of leave on June 30, we consider that it only took one day from the previous period (accumulated days – Delphi), ”explained D. Čibirienė in the program.

D. Čibirienė also adds that no one will make up for these scraped days.

“If a person comes up with a job, they will only receive compensation for the unused license for three years and no more. As an example, if a person was employed in 2016. on July 1 and did not have a permit, they accumulated 80 days business days unused and no one leaves it, leaves on July 2 and receives an unused accrued license allowance.But if that person was hired in 2016. on June 30, they will receive the same 80 business days, but will only be will pay for 60 days. Interestingly 20 at a time. Strange situation, quite complicated calculation “, – noted D. Čibirienė.

Advises to take collective agreements.

Inga Ruginienė, president of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation, stated that there are many examples where unions agreed with employers and established in a collective agreement to extend the period of unused leave.

“The employer voluntarily allows the use of that separable license until the end of the year. (…) I can’t imagine how everyone (employee – Delphi) could do this, generally, such decisions are made collectively, for what which there is a collective agreement: the highest legal act, the strongest to be observed. This is precisely the method by which it would be possible to agree, and here who really did it is happy to be able to use it, “said I. Ruginienė .

Mr Čibirienė recalled that the same rule should apply to all employees, so if the employer agrees to extend the period of unused leave for one of the employees, he must do the same for all others.

“Unless an employer agrees to pay the leave that is not taken, but you should know that if I did not take someone’s leave, I would not have to take the same leave for others, I have to apply the same rule. The labor code says no. You can discriminate, the employer must be very responsible, “he said.