Leave & Time Off
Statutory leave, holiday, and time-off entitlements.
Sick pay in Germany: Entgeltfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall, Krankengeld, and the U1 refund
An employee in Germany who is too ill to work keeps 100% of their pay from the employer for up to six weeks per illness. That obligation is Entgeltfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall (continued pay during illness). From the…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
Mexico vacation days after the vacaciones dignas reform: the 12-day minimum and the 25% prima vacacional
Since 1 January 2023, a worker in Mexico earns at least 12 paid vacation days after the first year of service, double the 6 days the law required before. The vacaciones dignas ("decent vacations") reform rewrote Article…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
What Workers in Germany Are Entitled To: A Guide to Leave
German leave has a reputation for being generous, and the reputation is deserved. The part that most often causes payroll mistakes is not the length of the entitlements but who pays for each one and how the funding…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
What Workers in the UK Are Entitled To: A Guide to Leave
The UK's leave system has three things worth knowing up front: the paid annual leave is generous and calculated in an unusual way, the family leaves are long but mostly paid at a modest flat rate, and the system is in…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
What Workers in Spain Are Entitled To: A Guide to Leave
Spain has one of the more generous leave systems in Europe, and it is built on a design choice worth understanding before the individual entitlements: a good deal of paid leave in Spain is funded by Social Security…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
