the employer is forced by law to force you to take your vacation days.
Only the minimum required by law though. For example, 30 vacation days are pretty standard in Germany but the required minimum for a 5 day work week are 20 days.
The employee must take those days off whether they want to or not. In extreme cases this could get them fired even.
In Australia they accrue, and I have mixed feelings about that. It’s good in the sense that you can do like the OP and save up for like a 3 month vacation, on the other hand, you’ll end up overworking yourself before you get there.
However, some (all?) states give the employer the right to force you to use them if you build up too many days.
Source: had to deal with a guy on a team I inherited that had built up a bank of 63 weeks (annual plus long service). He did not want to be forced to take them. He politely reminded him that by law they can, so we worked out a payment plan where he took 3 months off a year to catch up. He will celebrate 40 years at the company in a few months.
Sweden has a mixed system. Generally you are required to use 20 of your legally mandated minimum of 25 vacation days, and you may save the rest. The days can then be saved for 5 years, after which they must be used or paid out.
In Russia they don’t, but you have to take at least 14 days off(minimal vacation length) each 2 years. 1 year of work gives you 28 days of vacation. Vacation days never expire. So each 2 years you can accumulate 42 days(6 weeks) of vacation.
EDIT: After more in-depth reading, I’m not so sure if you can get more than 56 days of vacation or get thrown into vacation.
In Germany, vacation days expire as well (past a certain amount), but the employer is forced by law to force you to take your vacation days.
Same in norway. You can also transfer some over to a new year. Or be paied out days. But you can not loose them.
Only the minimum required by law though. For example, 30 vacation days are pretty standard in Germany but the required minimum for a 5 day work week are 20 days.
The employee must take those days off whether they want to or not. In extreme cases this could get them fired even.
I’m my state they are treated as earned income, so if you leave or they expire they automatically pay it out.
In Australia they accrue, and I have mixed feelings about that. It’s good in the sense that you can do like the OP and save up for like a 3 month vacation, on the other hand, you’ll end up overworking yourself before you get there.
However, some (all?) states give the employer the right to force you to use them if you build up too many days.
Source: had to deal with a guy on a team I inherited that had built up a bank of 63 weeks (annual plus long service). He did not want to be forced to take them. He politely reminded him that by law they can, so we worked out a payment plan where he took 3 months off a year to catch up. He will celebrate 40 years at the company in a few months.
Same in NZ, but they get pretty insistent once you have accrued more than 8 weeks (2 years worth).
Sweden has a mixed system. Generally you are required to use 20 of your legally mandated minimum of 25 vacation days, and you may save the rest. The days can then be saved for 5 years, after which they must be used or paid out.
In Russia they don’t, but you have to take at least 14 days off(minimal vacation length) each 2 years. 1 year of work gives you 28 days of vacation. Vacation days never expire. So each 2 years you can accumulate 42 days(6 weeks) of vacation.
EDIT: After more in-depth reading, I’m not so sure if you can get more than 56 days of vacation or get thrown into vacation.