Common use of Extra days off Clause in Contracts

Extra days off. choice of a) Employees, who as of May 1, 2020 are entitled to extra days off, must by April 1 select or deselect the option of taking one or more extra days off in the period May 1, 2020 – December 1, 2021 or instead, on an ongoing basis, have set aside a further 0.375% of the qualifying wage per deselected extra day off in the period May 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021. The number of extra days off that the employee wants to take, shall be taken and paid according to the current rules of clause 61. The above letter shall expire on September 1, 2020 and be replaced by the following letter a): a) Employees, who as of September 1 are entitled to extra days off, must by August 1 each year select or deselect the option of taking one or more of the extra days off in the coming holiday year or instead, in the holiday year (September 1 – August 31) and on an ongoing basis, have set aside a further 0.5% of the qualifying wage per deselected extra day off. If they deselect all five extra days off, a further 2.5% in total shall be set aside. The number of extra days off that the employee wants to take shall be taken and paid according to the current rules of clause 61. b) New employees, who are entitled to extra days off after 9 months of employment, may choose whether they want to take one or more of the five extra days off according to the current rules. The number of extra days off they do not want to take, shall be paid into the Optional Pay Account at the amount per unused extra day off according to clause 61(e). For subsequent holiday years, employees may choose in accordance with Subclause 2 a. c) An employee who has deselected one or more extra days off and subsequently has continuous absence of more than 3 months due to illness or injury can claim a supplement to the Optional Pay Account. The employee shall make the claim within 3 weeks after the end of the holiday year (in 2020 until the end of the holiday year (April 30). The supplement constitutes: The difference between the part of the Optional Pay Account that originates in the deselected extra days off and the value of the extra days off if these had not been deselected, but instead had been paid as non-used extra days off according to clause 61 e of the Collective Wood and Furniture Agreement.