(edit title) How is vacation time calculated in Sweden? Is there a formula? Options

[Divan]

How is vacation time calculated for pay?

Is it based on the number of days or months worked in a year?

Any insight or input would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Yorkshireman]

If You mean, how is vacation pay calculated, that can be simple or a little complicated, and also depends upon whether or not your employer has a collective agreement with the Union or not.

By law, assuming you meet the requirement for paid vacation, you are entitled to an additional 12% of your annual salary that was earned during the year your earned the vacation days.

So, in simple terms (there is a complicated list of which days are counted and not counted depending upon the reasons for being away for work the previous year!) ... if you are paid say 100 SEK per hour, and work 8 hours a day, when you take a paid days vacation you should be paid an additional 12% = 12:- per hour, which means:

a normal day = 8 x 100 = 800:-
a vacation = 8 x 112 = 896:-

Do not look at it as being paid more for not being at work! ...it is actually the other way around, you are paid less for being at work ...the additional pay is paid later when you take those vacations.

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If You mean how are the number of vacation days calculated ... that is decided by law, and collective agreements with Unions can improve this, plus maybe You negotiate with Your employer Yourself also.

By law (ignoring if there is a collective agreement):

A vacation year runs from April 1st to following March 31st.
Everyone is entitled to 25 days vacation during the vacation year.
However, if your employment starts after 31st August within the vacation year, you are only entitled to 5 days vacation.

[Bender B Rodriquez]

The year for vacation is counted from April 1 to March 31, but it may differ depending on union agreements.

You are legally allowed to have at least 25 days off each year.
You accrue paid vacation days the year before you use them.

For example, if you have been employed 90 days before April 1, you are allowed to take 90/365=7 paid vacation days between April 1 this year and March 31 next year. However, you are still allowed to take a total of 25 days off, so you may take 7 paid and 18 unpaid vacation days.

If you start after April 1 you have no paid vacation days until April 1 next year, but you are still allowed to take 25 unpaid vacation days, unless you start after Aug 31, then you can only take 5 unpaid days until April 1.

The above rules can differ depending on union agreements.