Annual leave is granted to the employee for rest and rehabilitation. Article 164 of the RA labor Code provides the procedure of granting the annual leave.
Annual leave for each working year shall be granted in the same working year. For the second and subsequent working years annual leave is granted at any time of the working year in accordance with the schedule of granting annual leave.
Before the expiry of six months of uninterrupted work, annual leave shall be granted at the request of an employee in the following cases:
1) to woman before maternity leave or after it;
2)in other cases laid down in the collective contract.
After the six months of uninterrupted work at an organization, the following persons shall be entitled to choose the time of annual leave:
1) Under 18 years of age;
2) Pregnant women and employees raising a child under the age of 14.
Under the Code the employees taking care of an ill or disabled person at home, as well as employees with chronic diseases the exacerbation of which depends on atmosphere conditions are provided with annual leave at the time of their choice on the basis of medical conclusion.
During the annual leave the job position of the employee and the average wage is retained.
