Holiday pay calculator
Calculate holiday pay using the average calendar-day method (Government Regulation no. 91): the preceding 6 months' earnings divided by the calendar days, times the holiday days. The 6-month reference period is set by the second-to-last working day before the holiday starts. Days on which no wage was calculated under §19 of the Employment Contracts Act (holiday, sick leave) always come out of the day count; whether PUBLIC HOLIDAYS come out depends on the TYPE OF LEAVE — §4(2) allows that only for annual-leave pay (põhipuhkus), holiday compensation and the public-service additional leave. For STUDY LEAVE the national holiday and public holidays stay IN the calendar-day count, so subtract only the §19 days. Where an employee received only an unchanging wage for all 6 months, no average is calculated and the unchanging wage is paid instead (Regulation no. 91 §1(1¹), in force since 2012) — switch to the second calculation method, which prorates by the month's working days. The regulation itself covers every statutory average-wage case (§1(1)); only the §1(1¹) unchanging-wage rule is confined to põhipuhkus, per the Labour Inspectorate's guidance.
Include wages, and overtime, night-work, additional and performance pay. Do NOT include holiday pay, per diems or benefits.
For ANNUAL LEAVE (põhipuhkus) and holiday compensation, subtract both public holidays and any days on which no wage was calculated under §19 of the Employment Contracts Act (holiday, sick leave) — Regulation no. 91 §4(2) and §4(3). For example 181 − 8 public holidays − 21 days away = 152. For STUDY LEAVE public holidays are NOT subtracted (§4(2) names only annual-leave pay and the public-service additional leave) — there it is 181 − 21 = 160.
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