Time off at own expense

In fact, "time off" - this is a popular term, in the labor legislation it is absent. The Labor Code refers only to the additional rest period, which is granted as compensation for overtime work, as well as work on weekends and non-working holidays.

Basically, such a weekend can be taken just when you need a day off (having warned the authorities about this, of course). But they should be you: you can not use compensation first, and then, someday, work overtime or on weekends. As they say, in the morning money - in the evening chairs, that is, first processing - then compensation.

It is also worth considering that such additional days off are unpaid. That is, if you have already received compensation forprocessing in a monetary equivalent, you do not need additional weekend: you need to choose one type of compensation, or money, or additional rest time.

Thus, it appears that take time off at your own expensein principle, there is no time off. If you need one or more days to absent from work, you will need to take leave without pay (leave at own expense) of the required duration.

The total duration of leave is determined by agreement between the employee, i.e., you, and the employer. The total duration of unpaid leave, taken during the year, is limited 14 calendar days. Sometimes the employer meets the employee and provides a longer vacation, if necessary, but all the "extra" days are not included in the length of the annual paid vacation.

In order to make a holiday at your own expense,it is necessary to submit a written statement written in an arbitrary form, in which it is necessary to indicate the reasons and the desired duration of vacation leave. The Labor Code says that leave without pay may be granted for family reasons and other valid reasons.

However, the validity of the concrete reason is estimated by the employer, and he also decides whether to grant you a vacation as a result or not. There are, however, a number of cases in which you are required to provide such leave. This, for example, registration of marriage, the birth of a child, the death of a close relative. But in such cases, the maximum duration of unpaid leave is limited to five calendar days.

There are also categories of employees to which the employer is obliged to grant leave at his own expense, the maximum duration of such leavefor each category is specified in Article 128 of the LC RF, it can be from 14 to 60 calendar days, depending on the category to which the employee belongs (for the longest holiday, for example, disabled workers have the right).

You can go on vacation only after the employer provides you with it. Unauthorized leaving on such leave will be regarded as a truancy - a violation of labor discipline, followed by disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

So, let's briefly summarize all of the above. Take time off at your own expense is impossible, because in the labor legislation in principle there is no concept of "time off". If some circumstances force you to absent from work for several days, you can try to take leave without pay. The employer can provide you with it, but is not obliged to do soif he considers the reason insufficiently respectful.