Vacation Entitlement Calculator

20 days — with leave seniority below 10 years; 26 days — with leave seniority of at least 10 years. Leave seniority is the sum of employment years and education years under art. 155 Labour Code.

Vocational school: up to 3 years; vocational secondary: up to 5 years; general secondary: 4 years; post-secondary: 6 years; university: 8 years. Only the highest completed stage is counted.

No — only the highest completed stage of education is counted. Completing a university degree (bachelor's or master's) always adds 8 years, regardless of actual study duration.

Yes — foreign employment confirmed by documents (translated work certificate) counts toward leave seniority under art. 86 of the Employment Promotion Act.

No — only employment contracts (umowa o pracę) create an employment relationship for the purpose of leave seniority. Civil-law contracts are excluded.

The right to 26 days is acquired on the day the total leave seniority reaches 10 years — not from 1 January of that year.

In the first year of employment, leave accrues at 1/12 of the annual entitlement per month worked. From the second year, the full entitlement is granted at the start of each calendar year.

Unused leave from a previous employment relationship does not transfer automatically. The former employer is obliged to pay a monetary equivalent for unused leave upon termination.

Unpaid leave exceeding 30 days in a year reduces the annual entitlement proportionally for that year. It does not affect the accumulated leave seniority.

The employee can request a certificate from the foreign employer or contact the equivalent of ZUS in that country. Without documents, the employer may accept a written declaration but is not required to do so.