For Employees Returning From Downtime: A Tip: Don’t Leave On Time Yet

The last three business months and wages must be included in the calculation of the license. Downtime, work disability, unpaid leave, etc. They are not included. For example, if an employee actually worked for two months during the calculation period and the employee was declared down for one month, the leave will be calculated from the two months actually worked.

However, in the “Monetary Affairs” program, the President of the Association of Accountants and Auditors of Lithuania, Daiva Čibirienė, noted that the amount of leave may be much lower for those employees whose base salary in the contract is low.

“If a person, for example, is on vacation in July, we will calculate the average for June, May and April. The three months were downtime. The average will not be calculated from those three months of payment, but will be calculated from the payment specified in the employment contract. There may be several work contracts: they specify a large number and do not change every month, but many have, especially those who do not earn much, a minimum wage, but then the person receives bonuses: overtime, night work, work during vacation and for him. formed quite well. These people will suffer. It might have been better for them to take vacations during those downtimes and get the vacations that were calculated from the average where these supplements were, because if now the vacations and vacations in July will be calculated from 3 months. interval where one day didn’t work will be really sad, “said D. Čibirienė.

“So all these things, if there was inability to work for three months and downtime, such a combination could have been, it’s the same situation. We looked at the employment contract and what the salary will be like in the vacation employment contract,” clarified.

According to her, some employees may be unpleasantly surprised, so the accountant’s representative has advice.

“Don’t go. Work for at least a month with all the supplements you’ve received before, and then that month will be the starting point, and next month’s vacation will already be calculated based on it. (…) The previous (months – Delphi) is empty, so we only look at that month, ”she says.

Inga Ruginienė, president of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation, stated in the program that the best financial means that employees could use during quarantine was vacation. If the employee had accrued days, this option was better than downtime or inability to work, since the leave was also calculated from the months the assignments were still received while working.

“But unfortunately, there were those who couldn’t do it because they hadn’t accumulated enough for the day, so they had downtime.” I agree that until today it will be the most difficult for them and they will not learn more in the summer to go on vacation.

Many of those who have come out of downtime are actually waiting for work, wanting to go to work, it is hard enough for them to be downtime. It should be understood that until now, if you worked for 1000-2000 euros, suddenly start one, two or three months (to work at Delphi) for the minimum wage. People who had loans have families that need to support their children, the financial stress is really very strong and many of them are waiting to be able to return to the financial income they had before the quarantine, “said I. Ruginienė. He has so far been unaware of employee complaints that employers don’t spend them on vacation after downtime.

He added that the decline in vacations may be felt more by those employees who have been depressed and who previously worked shifts.

“Who is on duty: shifts are divided, day and night are paid at a different rate. There are a number of manufacturing companies where there is a main part and a variable part of the contract. Some companies choose a strategy to pay a salary, stable, others not The same managers who have salaries and sales percentage (…) This is a good motivation system if the variable or supplement you collect does not exceed 20%. If there are companies of this type where you get 50 percent to 50 percent, this is endless stress on the job every day, because the employer is constantly manipulating you, you can remove that variable part at any time, “said I. Ruginienė.

Previously, LBAA’s predecessor Delfi said which months of this year are the most favorable and unfavorable for the holidays. If wages are unchanged throughout the year, it is best to take a vacation in the month with the most business days.

“2020 We have two better months left: July and September. This year, the worst month left is November: this month you will get the lowest leave when you go on vacation if your salary is constant. Less bad – December. It is always bad for a vacation because it has few working days, although the month itself is long. Last year was the worst month for the holidays. Depending on the selected months, the salary can be 3-4%. bigger or smaller “, she said.