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All employees, regardless of the length of their contract, working hours and seniority, are entitled to paid leave days from their employer. Every employee is entitled to 25 working days<\/strong> (5 weeks) each year \u2013 i.e. 30 working days<\/strong>. <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

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1. A right exercised in kind<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The right to paid leave must be exercised in kind. Thus, the employer has the obligation to grant employees their leave. The latter are nevertheless obliged to take them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The parties cannot therefore agree to replace the exercise of the leave by the payment of compensation.<\/p>\n

It is only in the case of termination of the employment contract that the employee can be paid for his or her untaken leave, through the compensation for paid leave<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2. Splitting leave<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Employees who do not take their main leave (24 working days or 4 weeks)<\/span> during the reference period from 1 May to 31 October must be allocated additional days of leave.<\/p>\n

In the absence of a stipulation in the company or establishment agreement or branch agreement, it is the law that sets the number of additional leaves to which the employee is entitled, such as:<\/p>\n