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Vacation Entitlement

A statutory minimum vacation of four weeks per year.

Every employee is entitled to paid recreational leave, by law at least 24 working days (four weeks) based on a six-day week. Unused vacation only expires under certain conditions; when the job ends, it must be paid out.

The relevant statutes

§ 3 BUrlG

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