Tervist!
It seems that it’s common that holiday pay is calculated using a 6 month average, which can result in differing amounts of pay.
Does this change if you have a fixed salary? If a worker’s contract lists their monthly salary (no info about days worked per month), wouldn’t their holiday pay stay the same?
I saw an article saying something along these lines, but it was from a random blog. So I was curious if this was actually grounded in something. Article here: https://www.simplbooks.ee/en/2021/06/calculation-of-holiday-pay-in-estonia/#:~:text=The%20amount%20of%20holiday%20pay,of%20calendar%20days%20of%20vacation.
Thanks!
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It’s average calendar day pay, excluding public holidays and sick leave. Since this number changes slightly month by month, and the vacation will have a different number of days as well, it’s not going to match up with the monthly pay exactly. If I’m correct, this is always better for the worker but not by much.
Also, you should receive the compensation at the start of the time off.
In my company we don’t get any “holiday pay”. We just get days off and salary is every month still the same. Tbh I really don’t like the term holiday pay, because it’s really just an advance on the salary. Unless your salary varies a lot from month to month (like for sales people etc) I don’t see a point for this at all.
With fixed salary it indeed should be the same. Your HR or bookkeeping person should be able to provide you any details however.