Saved holiday days
Saved holiday days are paid holiday days carried over to a later holiday year instead of being taken. The Annual Leave Act gives the right to save days beyond the twenty that must be taken during the holiday year, and saved days may not be saved for longer than five years.
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- Category
Holiday
- Also known as
sparade semesterdagar · sparad semester
- Sources
Semesterlagen (1977:480) sections 18 to 20
The rule rests on holiday having a purpose, which is rest. That is why twenty paid days have to be taken during the holiday year, and only the surplus may be saved.
The five-year limit means a day saved in one year has to be taken within five holiday years. If it passes that limit the Act says it should be paid out instead.
For an employer, saved days are a liability that grows if nobody tracks it. For an employee they are an asset that can be lost if nobody keeps track of when they were saved.
How Timply handles it
Timply holds saved days as their own figure per employee and holiday year, separate from the entitlement and from paid days, so the balance is visible in the holiday overview when the days are to be taken.
Related terms
Annual Leave Act
The Annual Leave Act (1977:480) governs the right to holiday in Sweden. It gives at least 25 holiday days per holiday year, defines the holiday year as 1 April to 31 March, and sets the rules for paid days, saved days and holiday pay.
Holiday compensation
Holiday compensation is money paid instead of holiday, usually when employment ends and the employee has earned days that were never taken. It should not be confused with holiday pay, which is the pay received during holiday that is actually taken.
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