Holiday pay in cash
Holiday compensation is the settlement of holiday entitlement in money, customarily 8.33 per cent of gross pay for four weeks of holiday; it is only permitted for irregular employment, and the share must be shown on the contract and the payslip.
Definition
The principle is that holiday is to be taken in kind — it should serve recovery, not pay. For on-call work or short assignments, payment is accepted if it is shown transparently. Without that disclosure, the entitlement can be demanded afterwards in days.
The rate follows the entitlement: four weeks correspond to 8.33 per cent, five weeks to 10.64 per cent of pay. For younger employees and in many collective agreements it is more than four weeks.
The numbers
- 8.33%
- holiday compensation for a four-week entitlement calculation 4/48 weeks
- 10.64%
- holiday compensation for a five-week entitlement calculation 5/47 weeks
Where to read it
What the software must be able to do
Check whether the supplement can be set per employee and is shown separately on the payslip — transparency here is a legal question, not a matter of presentation.
Checked Aug 2026
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