Use of free time accruals. The time when free time accruals are used shall be agreed between the em- ployer and the senior salaried employee. Unless otherwise agreed locally, if the employer and senior salaried employee cannot come to an agreement about the time, the senior salaried employee must notify the employer that they are going to use the free time accruals no later than four months before the leave starts. Cancelling the agreed period of using free time accruals or moving its start date, as well as interrupting a period of using free time accruals shall be agreed between the employer and the senior salaried employee. The agreement shall include the rules that apply in case the senior salaried employee becomes unable to work before or during the agreed or notified pe- riod of using free time accruals. In such a case, it must be decided whether the agreed period of using free time accruals or the period that was already start- ed will be moved to a later time, in line with the provisions of section 25 of the Annual Holidays Act, or in some other manner, such as based on the time- priority principle.
Use of free time accruals. The time when banked leave is taken is agreed between the employer and employee. Unless otherwise agreed locally, if the employer and senior sal- aried employee cannot come to an agreement about the time, the senior salaried employee must notify the employer that they are going to use the free time accruals no later than four months before the leave starts. Cancelling the agreed period of using free time accruals or moving its start date, as well as interrupting a period of using free time accruals shall be agreed between the employer and the senior salaried employee. The agreement shall include the rules that apply in case the senior salaried employee becomes unable to work before or during the agreed or notified period of using free time accruals. In such a case, it must be decided whether the agreed period of using free time accruals or the period that was already started will be moved to a later time, in line with the provisions of section 25 of the Annual Holidays Act, or in some other manner, such as based on the time-priority principle.
Use of free time accruals. The starting point in working time bank systems is that work and time off is reconciled as well as possible according to the working community’s opera- tional and the employee’s individual needs, taking in to account the work situ- ation and human resources of the company. The long-term principle of this ar- rangement provides more opportunities. When agreeing on the system at a company level, the principles and proce- dures of saving and use shall be agreed at the same time, according to which individual leave, possibly of very different lengths, is agreed between the em- ployer’s representative and the employee. If agreement on the time cannot be reached between the employer and employee, the procedures, which are used when the application of the system at an individual level ceases while an employee’s employment continues, shall apply. It is also worth considering whether there is a need to agree on principles ac- cording to which any working time bank accumulations that are generally is- sued as time off can also be reset or compensated as cash, for example if work duties or salary criteria change significantly.
