Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 explained

Code:C132
Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970
Adopt:June 24, 1970
Force:June 30, 1973
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Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1970:

Provision

The central provision of the convention is found in Article 3, which states that people to whom the convention applies shall be entitled to an annual paid holiday of a specified minimum length, and that although the ratifying state may select the length of the minimum holiday, it "shall in no case be less than three working weeks for one year of service".

Modification

This Convention revised Convention C52 – Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936.

Ratifications

As of 2020, the convention has been ratified by 38 states.

CountryYear of ratificationDeclared minimum number
of paid holidays per year
Notes
Armenia200628 days
Azerbaijan201624 days
Belarus202020 days
Belgium200324 calendar days
Bosnia and Herzegovina199318 working days
Brazil199830 working days
Burkina Faso1974one calendar month
Cameroon19733 weeks
Chad200024 working days
Croatia199118 working days
Czech Republic19963 weeks
Finland199024 working days
Germany197518 working days
Guinea1977one calendar month
Hungary199820 working days
Iraq19743 weeks
Ireland19743 weeks
Italy19813 weeks
Kenya197921 working days
Latvia19944 weeks
Luxembourg197525 working days
199118 working days
Madagascar19723 weeks
Malta198821 working days
199824 working days
Montenegro200618 working days
Norway197324 working days
Portugal198121 days
201028 calendar days
Rwanda199118 working days
Serbia (as)200020 working days
Slovenia199218 working days
Spain19723 weeks
Sweden19785 weeks
Switzerland19924 weeks5 weeks for workers under 20 years old
Ukraine200124 calendar days
Uruguay197720 working days
Yemen (as)197621 days (workers); 30 days (employees)

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