Calculate your leave entitlement
The calculator follows German law (§ 5 BUrlG) and takes in the waiting period, pro rata months, part-time and the extra leave for severe disability (§ 208 SGB IX). Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.
30days of leave
The three rules that apply
Waiting period: six months (§ 4 BUrlG)
The full entitlement only arises once the employment has lasted six months. Someone starting on 1 May and staying meets it on 1 November and then has the full annual entitlement rather than eight twelfths. In practice this is often miscalculated to the employee’s disadvantage.
Pro rata by month (§ 5 (1) BUrlG)
One twelfth per full month of employment applies in only three cases: when the waiting period is not met within the calendar year, when leaving before it is met, and when leaving after it is met in the first half of the year.
Anyone leaving in the second half of the year, after the waiting period is met, keeps the full annual entitlement.
Rounding up (§ 5 (2) BUrlG)
Fractions of at least half a day are rounded up to whole days. Smaller fractions stay as they are. Rounding them down would be a cut the provision does not allow.
This calculator is not legal advice. Collective agreements, works agreements and individual contracts can differ, and they often do so in the employee’s favour.
The same calculation for your whole workforce
Tiveo does this sum for every person in your business, taking in start and leaving dates, a move to part-time and the public holidays of their state. If you want, it also reminds everyone with an account before carry-over expires. That matters, because without a timely reminder it does not expire at all.
Free for up to five employees, a paid plan of your choice free for a month to try.