Holiday leave application

When you need a leave application

If your leave is in the leave schedule, an application («Заявление на отпуск», leave application) is not legally required: the employer must notify you two weeks before the leave starts. But many companies still ask for one to issue the order. Leave outside the schedule, rescheduled leave and unpaid leave are granted only on application.

Annual leave rules

• Standard leave is 28 calendar days a year (Art. 115 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation, TK RF).
• Leave can be split into parts, but one of them must be at least 14 days (Art. 125 TK RF).
• Non-working public holidays falling within your leave are not counted: the leave is extended (Art. 120 TK RF). Weekends are counted as part of the leave.
• Holiday pay is paid no later than 3 days before the leave starts (Art. 136 TK RF).

Unpaid leave

Unpaid leave («за свой счёт», at your own expense) is granted for family reasons and other valid reasons by agreement with the employer. In some cases it cannot be refused: working old-age pensioners — up to 14 days a year, people with disabilities — up to 60 days, and on the birth of a child, registration of a marriage or the death of a close relative — up to 5 days (Art. 128 TK RF).

You can count how many working days fall within your leave in the days calculator.

Filled-in example

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