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georgeSP
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Holidays pay

Post by georgeSP » Thu May 03, 2012 10:33 am

Hi!

I'm having the next situation:
I took 2 weeks off for Easter which were not part of my Talviloma, just days off (henkilökohtainen, for which I don't get any salary). During that period there are 2 official holiday days: Pitkäperjantai and Pääsiäispäivä. Is it possible that I don't get paid for those 2 days if I was off.

Hope somebody has an answer for this.
Kiitos.



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Rip
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Re: Holidays pay

Post by Rip » Thu May 03, 2012 11:40 am

I don't a scripture to quote here, but while I understand it may sound unfair, I think it probably is so.

Let's put this way: should you get paid for those days if you had been away the whole month of April?

While you have a nominal hourly salary, typically it does not really work precisely that way, like one's monthly salary does not vary based on number of days and public holidays in a month.

georgeSP
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Re: Holidays pay

Post by georgeSP » Thu May 03, 2012 12:21 pm

First of all, thanks for your reply.

I forgot to mention that I get paid per hours. Meaning that if one day I don't work, I get 0€ for that day = day off.
I've been told about the next situation, according to the law, which happens very often:
somebody is enjoying summer holidays (kesäloma ex. 24 working days). Juhannus is within that period. This day doesn't take 1 day from your holidays. That means that you get paid for this extra holiday day: 24 days + Juhannus. Otherwise you are losing one holiday day pay.

So, here is my question:
Is the situation the same if I'm just off, instead of on official (paid) holidays?

Hope it's clear enough.

georgeSP
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Re: Holidays pay

Post by georgeSP » Fri May 04, 2012 11:47 am

Well, it seems that common sense has taken part in this issue and... I finally got paid!
Just a "small" misunderstanding of the employer with the law.

:)


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