Holidays: separate time off from salary-day calculations
Organise staff holidays without confusing rest days with their monetary value or automatically applying the general employment scale to a home.
A holiday request needs two answers: when the person will rest and how that period is paid. Mixing them produces schedules and payments that do not match.
Identify the applicable rule
Article 177 of the general regime distinguishes the rest period from the salary scale of 14 or 18 days by service. Article 263 has a domestic-work rule: two paid weeks after each completed year. Do not automatically turn an 18-day salary result in a general calculator into 18 domestic-work rest days.
Agree on complete dates
Record the first day, last day and return date. Check public holidays and the regular schedule before deducting days. Arrange task coverage separately: time off should not mean continuing to handle everything by phone.
Avoid double payments or deductions
If monthly pay continues during leave, record it. Do not create a second debt for salary already paid or confuse temporary replacement costs with the pay of the person resting.
For employment ending before a full year, articles 179–180 address proportional situations in the general regime. This requires a different assessment from an annual-leave calculation. Keep the approval and receipts together so the record remains clear for both sides.
