Agree, everyone likes to relax. This is much more exciting than waking up every day to an alarm clock and jostling on public transport to go to work. In accordance with the Labor Code, an employee on average can count on one month of well-deserved rest. But here the question arises: when to go on vacation? Not every month will be equally beneficial for the employee. If you calculate everything correctly, you can win money or time off. Let's find out whether it is profitable to take a vacation in January and how to make the right choice.
When is the best time to relax?
In short, the most suitable month for vacation will be the month that has the most working days. If you follow this rule, it turns out that it is better to go on vacation in the summer. New Year's holidays significantly shorten the first working month. This is why it is not profitable to take a vacation in January.
However, you need to understand how this will affect your salary. Those employees who receive a salary are especially lucky. Even if there are only 15 working days in January, they will still pay the full salary. However, if the vacation starts in December, the income will be slightly less. Because the last month of the year has more working days than the first.
When calculating whether it is profitable to take a vacation in January or in another month, you need to decide what you want: relax longer or earn more. It will not be possible to combine both.
How to rest longer?
One of the goals that an employee pursues when calculating the most profitable month is the opportunity to get more vacation days. In this case, it is important to stretch the 28 days prescribed by the Labor Code over as long a period as possible.
How to do it? Let's assume that an employee wants to take 15 days off. Then it is important for him to calculate everything so that before or after this period there are weekends or holidays. Both of these, when combined with paid days, will increase the total length of leave. In this simple way, you can shirk your official duties longer. However, you need to understand that the employer will not accrue payment for these days. Conflicts with accounting often arise on this issue. For the same reason, taking a vacation in January is unprofitable. You will have to rest longer, but there will be no more money.
Vacation falls on holidays
Example 1
For example, lawyer Krendelkov receives a monthly salary of 100,000 rubles. In January 2014, Krendelkov was sent on vacation from the 1st to the 12th. To simplify the calculation, we turn a blind eye to the fact that vacation is granted starting from a holiday (in practice, this is almost never done) plus we assume that our lawyer received 100,000 rubles a month in the 12 months preceding the vacation. That is, earnings for the billing period (12 months) amounted to 1,200,000 rubles. Next, we calculate the average daily earnings to calculate vacation pay. To do this, we divide the total earnings for the billing period by 12 months of the year and by 29.4 - the average calendar number of days. Since vacation is paid in calendar days, we divide the amount not by working days, but by the calendar average. We find that the average daily salary for vacation is 3,401 rubles. Although our gentleman will actually rest for 12 days, only 4 days will be included in the number of vacation days (numbers 1 to 8, being holidays, are subject to exclusion). As a result, the amount of vacation pay will be 13,604 rubles. (3,401 rubles * 4 days.)
