How is holiday pay calculated?
The main rule is continued pay plus a holiday supplement of 0.43 per cent of the monthly salary per day. With variable pay or irregular hours the percentage rule applies, twelve per cent of qualifying pay.
What the source says
- Section 16 a: continued pay with a supplement of 0.43 per cent of monthly salary per paid holiday day.
- Section 16 b: the percentage rule, twelve per cent of qualifying pay during the earning year.
- The act is semi-mandatory here, a collective agreement may set another calculation.
Source rows
- Annual Leave Act (SFS 1977:480)SFS 1977:480 · Labour Court decides disputes · Read 2026-08-20 · Content hash 2009a379833065ebOfficial source
For the employer · How the employer puts the question
Pick the rule by pay model, variable parts above ten per cent point to the percentage rule.
For the employee · How the employee puts the question
Check which rule the payslip states and which absence days counted as qualifying.
Leading rulings
- C-684/16 Max-PlanckCourt of Justice of the European Union · 2018-11-06
The right is not lost automatically where the employer has not enabled the worker to take the leave.
Official source
Next step
Read holiday pay together with holiday days, the earning year governs both.
The rows reproduce what the source says. They are not legal advice, and applying them to a specific case is the reader's or their counsel's decision.
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