General information
Employees shall be entitled to recreational holiday in each calendar year.
Requirements
Employment relationship with a municipality, a municipal association or a statutory city.
Deadlines
In the first six months of the employment relationship starting from the respective calendar month, employees are entitled to one twelfth of their annual days of recreational holiday for each month. After an uninterrupted term of employment of six calendar months, the entitlement shall arise in the amount of the remaining days of holiday existing for the current calendar year. From the following calendar year, the holiday entitlement shall arise in full upon the beginning of each year. The increase of the number of days of holiday for disabled employees is not taken into account when the holiday entitlement arises during the first six calendar months of the employment relationship.
Completion period
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Competent authority
Municipalities, municipal associations and statutory cities.
Procedure
In the first six calendar months of the employment relationship, the number of days of holiday for each commenced calendar month of the employment relationship shall be one twelfth of the annual days of holiday. From the following calendar year, the holiday entitlement shall arise in full upon the beginning of each year.
Authentication and signature
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Required documents
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Art und Format der Nachweise
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Costs and fees
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Further information
a) Number of days
The number of days of recreational holiday in each calendar year shall be 200 or 240 hours depending on length of service, service and salary position (= 30 or 36 working days or 25 or 30 working days) per calendar year. The number of days is based on the length of service or, upon completion of the 51st year of life, on age.
For disabled employees, the number of days of recreational holiday increases by 16 to 40 hours annually, depending on the degree of disability.
b) Entitlement
In the first six months of the employment relationship starting from the respective month, the entitlement to recreational holiday shall be one twelfth of the annual holiday for each month.
After an uninterrupted term of employment of six months, the entitlement shall arise in the amount of the remaining days of holiday existing for the current calendar year.
Means of redress or appeal
Action before the Arbeits- und Sozialgerichten [Labour and Social Courts](contract employees)
Complaint to the Administrative Court of Upper Austria
Legal bases
For laws and regulations, please refer to the Rechtsinformationssystem [Legal Information System] (RIS)
- Upper Austrian Gemeindebedienstetengesetz 2001 [Upper Austrian Municipal Employees Act] .
- Oö. Gemeinde-Dienstrechts- und Gehaltsgesetz 2002 [Upper Austrian Municipal Employment Right and Remuneration Act] .
- Oö. Statutargemeinden-Bedienstetengesetz 2002 [Upper Austrian Act on Statutory Municipalities Employees] .
Assistance and problem-solving services
EAP - Point of Single Contact Upper Austria
eap@ooe.gv.at
Link to form
No form required.
Information on data protection
Further information
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Last update: 18.03.2021
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