Corona, short-time work, child care: 2021 will again have a few special features ready for employees.
Keep these in mind when planning your vacation.
In many companies, it is common practice to set annual leave at the beginning of the year.
But in 2021 the
corona pandemic
will still keep the
world in suspense.
Parents in particular cannot yet foresee whether and when they will
need
their vacation due to
closed schools and daycare centers
.
Others work on
short-time work *
, which in turn affects the number of vacation days.
We show what employees have to consider when planning their vacation in 2021.
Do I have to plan my vacation in 2021 at the beginning of the year?
Regardless of whether it is a corona pandemic or not: When employees have to take their vacation is not stipulated by law.
Each company can regulate this individually.
The
registration deadlines
for the vacation
application
can usually be found in the
employment contract, a works agreement or in the collective agreement
, knows lawyer Christoph Lattreuter from the Leipzig law firm WKR.
"If no arrangements have been made for vacation planning, it is usually sufficient
to apply for
the
vacation at least 14 days before the start of the vacation,
" he says in an interview with
Bild.de.
So if your boss asks you to plan all your vacation days, you do not need to fear any consequences under labor law such as a warning.
However, you should keep an eye on
when unused vacations expire
.
In many companies this is at the end of the year or on March 31 of the following year.
Also read:
Instead of special corona leave: Parents get more childhood sick days - how much money is there?
Do I get fewer vacation days on short-time work?
In fact, the
vacation entitlement
can be
reduced in short-time work
according to the less hours worked.
According to a judgment of the European Court of Justice, short-time work is to be equated with “temporarily part-time employees”, write the labor law
experts
from
Haufe.de
.
This also applies to “zero” short-time work, i.e. when there is no obligation to work.
For example, if you worked for two months on short-time “zero” in the calendar year, the vacation entitlement for the entire year is reduced by 2/12.
On vacation, at least
the full wage
and not the short-time allowance is paid.
Also read:
Notification of sickness during short-time work: You have to consider this.
What happens to my vacation days if I have to be quarantined during vacation?
It depends on whether you have
symptoms of a Covid-19 infection
or not.
You can find out whether vacation days are in quarantine in this article.
(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen central editorial network.
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Sources: Bild.de, Haufe.de
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