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🇫🇮Finland

Holiday accrues at two days per leave-earning month if employment has lasted less than one year at the end of the leave-earning year, and 2.5 days per month thereafter. The statutory counting method can include Saturdays.

Statutory paid annual leaveAbout 4 weeks equivalent initially; about 5 weeks after one full leave-earning yearAnnual-leave context
Comparable 5-day-week equivalent20 days at year 1; 25 at 5 years; 25 at 10 yearsNormalized comparison value; see method below.
Official sourceVerifiedFinland — Suomi.fi
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How to make your leave go further

Public-holiday planning

  • Midsummer and Christmas are culturally important periods, while Ascension Day can create an efficient spring break.
  • Holiday counting can include Saturdays in parts of the private sector, so “days” are not always comparable with a five-day-workweek country.
  • Use your actual employer entitlement in the planner if a collective agreement gives you more leave.

Legal basis and comparison method

Holiday accrues at two days per leave-earning month if employment has lasted less than one year at the end of the leave-earning year, and 2.5 days per month thereafter. The statutory counting method can include Saturdays.

Normalization: A full year at 2 days/month is 24 statutory days ≈ 4 weeks; at 2.5 days/month it is 30 statutory days ≈ 5 weeks.

Equivalent by service length

1st year / first full entitlement20 days
2 years25 days
5 years25 days
10 years25 days
20+ years25 days

Simplified comparison points. Actual legal thresholds may use anniversaries, cumulative service, education credits or other rules.

Regional and calendar caveats

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

Official employment source: Finland — Suomi.fi. Open official guidance ↗

This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.

Planner

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

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