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The leap year brings with it special effects.
Important dates and deadlines could be postponed due to the additional leap day.
Bremen – The year 2024 is a leap year.
It repeats itself every four years.
Which year is a leap year depends on certain mathematical conditions.
February will have an additional day on February 29th in 2024, meaning that the calendar year will now have 366 days instead of 365.
But what are the consequences of this extra day?
In the leap year 2024 there will be another February 29th © teutopress/Imago
People whose birthday is on February 29th celebrate on the correct date during the leap year
For those whose birthday is on February 29th, the leap year offers the opportunity to finally celebrate on the right date again.
In non-leap years, the birthday is usually postponed.
Or the birthday children simply claim that they are four times younger because they only “really” celebrate their birthdays every four years.
From a legal point of view, however, March 1st is decisive, for example for criminal responsibility, legal capacity or adulthood.
Work-related deadlines in leap year 2024
There are also some points to consider in your professional life.
First, the bad news: Even though you work one more day in a leap year, you don't get paid more.
If February 29th falls on a working day, no salary compensation is provided.
Nevertheless, February remains the shortest month.
In the last leap year of 2020, when the additional working day fell on a Saturday, fewer people were affected.
This year February 29th falls on a Thursday.
Why do leap years exist?
The duration of a year in the Gregorian calendar is based on the Earth's orbital period around the sun.
However, the time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun once is not exactly 365 days, but 365.2424.
To compensate for this time difference, an additional day, the leap day, is added every four years on February 29th.
(Source: rnd.de)
The leap year also has an impact on the notice periods.
According to
anwalt.de,
a termination that is to take effect in the middle or at the end of the month must only be submitted on February 16th instead of February 15th or on February 1st instead of January 31st in the leap year February.
Fixed-term contracts are automatically extended if the employee continues to work after the fixed-term contract expires.
If the contract specifies the end date is February 28th and the employee continues working on February 29th, the employment relationship will continue.
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Annual terms and annual contracts last one day longer
Caution is also advised when it comes to important deadlines.
For contracts that stipulate a one-year deadline, the calendar year is always assumed.
In a leap year, one year suddenly becomes 366 days.
So from this perspective, the Netflix subscription is practically free for a day.
Billings such as operating costs, interest or unemployment benefits also extend over 366 days.
The pension payment is also delayed by one day.
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