Right to consecutive leave

What you need:

• Employment or collective agreement
• Vacation schedule
• vacation request

Every employee has the right to rest

• Every employee has the right to vacation leave. According to the Federal Vacation Act, every employee has at least 24 vacation days per year and thus at least four weeks vacation to.
• The legal entitlement to 24 vacation days is based on a six-day working week. With a five-day week, it is effectively 20 days a year. Collective agreements and individually concluded employment contracts often stipulate longer vacation entitlements.
• Section 7 of the Federal Holiday Act (BUrlG) also grants employees the right to take 12 days - i.e. at least two weeks - as consecutive leave.
• The background to the legally enshrined right to consecutive vacation is the recreational effect that every employee needs in order to draw new energy for the job.
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• This legal regulation may only be deviated from in exceptional cases. This is the case, for example, if there are overlaps in vacation planning with other colleagues whose vacation requests must be approved as a matter of priority under social aspects (e. B. for colleagues with school-age children who are dependent on the holiday season).


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• Is it necessary e.g. B. To split the summer vacation, at another time, 12 working days of consecutive vacation must be granted at least once a year.

How to enforce your contiguous vacation

• Enter your vacation schedule in good time with a consecutive vacation of 12 days. Please note, however, that in most companies a vacation application must also be submitted before the planned vacation date.
• Submit the application with your legal entitlement to consecutive leave to your employer punctually - preferably around four weeks before the time specified in the holiday schedule.
• If the employer orders that only one week of consecutive vacation can be requested, you should inform him of his duty of care and the Federal Vacation Act.
• Inform the works council or ask the union for support if the employer wants to cut up your vacation.
• If your employer refuses to approve your vacation request for no reason, you can also enforce your rights in court. If necessary, ask a lawyer or the union for assistance if you need legal assistance with enforcement.