14.06.2023

LEAVES DUE TO PERSONAL AND FAMILY REASONS

Leaves for the performance of civil, public and other duties are defined in the Labor Code. The worker or employee has the right to them under the law, and the employer is obliged to ensure their use by releasing the worker or employee from work, without the right to judge whether or not to grant the corresponding type of leave and when to grant it.

Leave for the fulfillment of personal, family and community obligations is due regardless of paid annual leave or unpaid leave, whenever there is a reason for their use (i.e. they are not deducted from the due paid annual leave). Prior accumulated work experience is not required of the worker or employee for their use.

Here are some of the events defined by law for which we are entitled to leave:

Marriage leave

The employer is obliged to release the worker or employee from work upon entering into marriage (the conclusion of a civil marriage). This type of leave is not granted for the performance of a church or other ritual on the occasion of the creation of a family. The duration of leave is 2 working days. The granting of the leave is not related to the sequence of marriage.

Leave for donating blood

The employer is obliged to relieve the worker or the employee from work when donating blood - for the day of the examination and blood donation, as well as 1 day after it. This type of leave is granted to the worker (employee) to donate blood.

Leave in case of death of a close relative

The employer is obliged to release the employee from work in the event of the death of a close relative - 2 working days. The worker or employee is entitled to this leave for the day of the relevant event (the day of death) and for the following working day. When the day of the event coincides with the weekly holiday, the leave is used in the first 2 working days after it.

During leave for marriage, blood donation and the death of a close relative of the worker or employee, remuneration is paid according to the provisions of the collective labor agreement or according to an agreement between the worker or employee and the employer. If there are no such agreements, then no remuneration is due.

Reference:

Art. 157 of the Labor Code

Art. 50, para. 1 of the Ordinance on working hours, breaks and leaves