Vacation matters
Employees are entitled to paid vacation every calendar year.
You must lodge a formal request for time off work. Please use the Vacation Request Form provided below and clarify who will cover your duties during your absence. You and your colleagues should coordinate your annual vacation periods as early as possible to ensure fair vacation distribution.
Downloads
You can use Workflow (online form) to lodge a request for vacation, compensatory time off, or reduced working hours and have it submitted automatically.
This requires a standard email program, such as Outlook or Thunderbird, and Adobe Reader DC. It works on Windows and many MacOS (Apple) systems but unfortunately not on Ubuntu or other Linux distributions. If you have problems preparing your request, please use the accessible application, which is not submitted automatically. For more information, please refer to the instructions provided below.
Request for vacation, compensatory time off or reduced working hours (submitted automatically)
- Vacation request form, submitted automatically – PDF)
(Save the file and open it with Adobe Reader to complete the form) - Instructions for vacation request form with automatic submission – PDF)
Request for vacation, compensatory time off or reduced working hours (not submitted automatically)
- Vacation request form, not submitted automatically – PDF, accessible for disabled individuals)
- Instructions for vacation request form without automatic submission – PDF, accessible for disabled individuals)