On Vacation

Worked hard for a year? Now you need a vacation to relief all that stress and to try and come back with memories worth sharing with friends.

Each employee is entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (28 days for a person who works five days a week). Part-time employees on the other hand, are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata (to 5.6 times your usual workweek, for example 22.4 days for someone working four days a week). You start building a vacation as soon as you start working. your employer can control when you take your vacation, but you’re entitled to your normal pay for your vacation. When you finish a job, you get paid for holidays you have not taken. In addition, bank and public holidays may be included in your minimum entitlement. How much holiday you get is normally set out in your contract of employment. The legal minimum holiday entitlement you are entitled to is usually 5.6 weeks. This can mean different amounts depending on the hours of work or a working model.

Each employee is entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks paid annual leave even if you are a part-time worker, you are still entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday 5.6 of their normal working week, e.g. if you work two days a week are entitled to 11.2 days of annual leave a year:

2 days x 5.6 weeks = 11.2 days

You should not be treated less favorably if you are employed part time than full time. This means that if your employer gives you more days off for full-time employees, they have to submit an additional license for part-time workers as well. If you are an employee of an agency, you are entitled to minimum leave. Your agency should allow you to take their vacations.

Once you have chosen your location, keep in mind that the weather there might be different from the one in your own country. In the mountains it always tends to be a little cold even in the summer and you should bring along clothes that go with that kind of weather. If, on the contrary you are going to tropical and hot locations, do not forget an umbrella. In these places, although it is summer for almost the entire year, it usually rains a lot and you don’t want a heavy rain to get you sick.

There are wonderful places to visit all around the world. If budget allows it, you can make a trip around the world to visit the seven world’s wonders, it is always worth it. The Pyramids for instance are mysterious buildings, dated since the ancient Egyptians, enclosing a technology and architecture that can be hardly matched even today. Go and walk through these world wonders to try and elucidate the mystery, to see for yourself the simplicity of the people and the splendor of the country.

Vacation can be spent at home also. We can just relax and catch up on lost sleep if we feel too exhausted to travel. Meeting friends, barbecues, sitting by the pool and playing with children will make us forget the hard year that passed.