Therefore warns expert against careless holiday. – Siste.no

Now turn last year’s changes to the Holidays Act into full, providing Norwegian bosses more to think about.

– It is now April agreements on liquidation of the summer holiday normally should be done. The general rule is that this will be clarified at least two months in advance. Vacation in July should be plotted before May 1st, says partner Jens Kristian Johansen law firm Grettefoss.

Several changes

His impression is that some employers should be more attentive both duties and rights they have under the law.

– commander shall ensure that employees take out their vacation, while having a management right when it comes time when this will happen. Last year it was adopted several amendments to the Holidays Act, and these increases the need for orderliness and predictability further, says Johansen.

The right to compensate missing holiday withdrawals of money is forfeited, and the limitation in the number of unused vacation days that can be transferred to next year is repealed. All statutory, but unused vacation is thus continued. This also applies to long-term, who thus acquires much holiday left.

Leader Trouble

Companies do not provide for normal holidays, may incur problems in the longer term. This applies vacation outlet Leaders believes Grettefoss lawyer.

– We see that there is some confusion related to managers with considerable independence when it comes to their own holidays, working time and definition of time off. When leaders ends, they will be able to claim that they have not taken out any particular holiday. This issue has become even more relevant after the ban in 2014.

At the conclusion of an employment the employee is entitled to be paid the salary earned holidays not taken out. It also includes vacation transferred from previous years.

– Most employers prefer the workers in wages for June and pays instead last year’s accrued holiday pay. If the holiday is not removed and there is residual holiday left when employment terminates must pay traits be compensated, says Johansen.

With large holiday lag in addition to the normal notice period, your business will in such cases be able to experience that the conclusion of employment are surprisingly expensive, he points out.

Sick holiday

The regulations regarding disease that occurs holiday has changed.

– Previously the employees require vacation days postponed first from the sixth day. Now comes right from the first working day, provided it is delivered certificate. The purpose of the change is increasingly promoting vacation object of the act restitution and rest.

All employees are entitled to 25 days holiday per year, in practice corresponding four weeks plus one day, since Saturday is considered workday. In most companies, it is usually agreed five weeks. Employees over 60 are entitled to a further six vacation days.

– Summer vacation is regarded as the year’s main holiday, and shall include at least three weeks in the period between 1 June and 30 September. The rest of the statutory holiday, the employee may demand to take together, but now may decide that this will happen except summer period, says Jens Kristian Johansen. (ANB)