receive their wages according to their employment contract for the duration of their holiday.

If the employee’s regular working hours and the corresponding wages have changed according to a contract prior to starting their holiday, their annual holiday pay will either be a percentage of the wages paid during the holiday credit year (1 April–31 March) or based on the average working hour percentage.
 

The annual holiday pay is based on the employee’s average daily earnings during the holiday credit year (1 April–31 March). The calculated average daily wage is multiplied by the multiplier specified in the Annual Holidays Act corresponding to the number of holiday days.
 

Percentage-based holiday pay is applied to employees who have worked fewer than 14 days per calendar month in at least one month according to their contract. If an employee has agreed to work on three days a week, they will not have worked for 14 days each month. For an employee like this, holiday pay will be paid based on a percentage.

Holiday pay is based on an annual holiday percentage (9 or 11.5 per cent) related to the duration of the employment.

If the employee has worked for the employer for less than one year by 31 March, the holiday pay is calculated at 9 per cent of the wages paid or accumulated over the holiday credit year. If the employee’s employment has lasted for a minimum of 12 months by 31 March, the annual holiday percentage is 11.5.

Increases to the statutory annual holiday percentage are often agreed in the collective agreement when the holiday accumulated based on the collective agreement exceeds the statutory holiday days.
 

Changes to an employee’s work time during the holiday credit year affect the amount of holiday pay. Calculating holiday pay in the public sector will in this event be based on the average work hours during the holiday credit year. If the employee has worked full hours for six months and 50-per-cent hours for six months, they have worked a 75 per cent work time on average. In this event, their holiday pay is 75 per cent of their usual pay plus the relative share of bonuses.

In the private sector, changes in work time leads to holiday pay being calculated based on a percentage. This means that the holiday pay is a certain percentage of the wages paid during the holiday credit year. The percentages applied vary by collective agreement.
 

In the public sector, supplements to the annual holiday pay are determined by calculating the percentage of the actual wages paid during the previous holiday credit year that consisted of bonuses paid for Sunday, evening and night work. The maximum supplement percentage is 35. When the employment ends, the ongoing holiday credit year is used as the calculation template.

Collective agreements in the private sector contain similar stipulations on supplements to the annual holiday pay.