Leaves

Leaves:

Every employee is entitled to paid leave based on their age, the amount of children they have, and working hours. The base amount of paid days-off is 20. Extra days are given based on the aforementioned criteria, such as getting +1 day for people above the age of 25, +2 above 28, +3 above 31,… with maximum +10 above 45. You also get for instance 2 days extra if you have 1, 4 days extra if you have 4 and 7 days extra if you have more than 2 kids. Employees are also entitled to paid maternity and fraternity leaves.

Leaves are provided by the employer, at the request of the employee. Seven days of leave a year must be provided during the exact period specified by the employees. Notice of the leave must be provided 15 days before the start of the leave. Leaves provided by the employer – unless otherwise agreed on – must constitute 14 consecutive days of leave per calendar year. These 14 days must be on workdays. Employers must give out a notice at least 15 days before the start of the leave. In special cases, an employer can delay providing a leave by up to 60 days or stop a leave that has begun. Employers must provide compensation for this, however. In the case of termination, employees must be compensated for leave days not provided.

Fraternity leave:

Fathers are provided with 10 days of leave after the birth of their child. They must use up these 10 days before the end of the second month from the birth of their child. These 10 days must be granted by the employee’s request, but cannot be more than two separate periods.

Maternity leave:

Mothers are provided 24 contiguous weeks of paid maternity leave, from which they must use at least two. Maternity leaves – unless otherwise agreed on – must be provided in a way that they start at most 4 weeks before the expected day of birth. Employees are provided with unpaid leaves before their child reaches the age of 3. These leaves must be provided when and as requested by the employee.

Unpaid leaves:

Unpaid leaves other than the one mentioned in the maternity leave section include personal care for a relative. Personal care – which is expected to be longer than 30 days - for a relative grants unpaid leave for the duration of the care, but for no longer than 2 years. A doctor’s certificate, provided by the doctor of the person requiring care, must be presented, in which the long personal care and its necessity must be verified. Unpaid leaves must be declared by employees at least 15 days before they start.

Sick leaves:

Employers must provide 15 days of paid leaves per calendar year to employees. Sick days can be less than 15 if the employment started during the calendar year. Sick days cannot be provided for workplace injuries or work-related illnesses.

This article is a summary from the labour law. For more details search for “Szabadság” and translate the related articles.