4. Types of leave
Paid time off
Every year, employees are given 24 days of paid annual leave, which accrue at the rate of two days each month. In compliance with legislation and collective agreements, additional leave can be granted based on duration of service. For each kid under the age of 14, female employees with children earn an extra day of leave each year.
Employees are required to take at least six days of vacation every year, with the remaining days being carried over for up to three years. Employees covered by the national interprofessional collective agreement are also entitled to brief personal absences (one to four days) for births, baptisms, first communions, marriages, and deaths in their families.
Public holidays
New Year’s Day
Independence Day
Easter Monday
Labor Day
Ascension Day
Eid al-Fitr / Korité
Feast of Assumption
Ashura/ Tamharit
Grand Magal de Touba
Mawlid al-Nabi
All Saint’s Day
Christmas Day
Sick days
Employees are entitled to a minimum of five paid sick days per year. Employees covered by the national interprofessional collective bargaining agreement are entitled to sick leave based on their period of employment. Employees who have worked for a company for less than a year are entitled to one month of full pay and three months of half pay under the collective agreement. Employees with more than a year but less than five years of service are eligible to a month of paid sick leave and four months of paid sick leave. Employees who have worked for more than five years are eligible to two months of paid sick leave and five months of paid sick leave. A sick employee's employment is also guaranteed for six months by the collective bargaining agreement, after which they may be replaced.
Maternity leave
Female employees are entitled to 14 weeks of paid maternity leave, with an additional eight weeks available following the birth of their child. If there are problems or a pregnancy-related sickness, the mother may be entitled to take an extra three weeks of leave. Mothers also get one day off a year for each kid under the age of 14.
Paternity leave
Employees are entitled to a minimum of five paid sick days per year. Employees covered by the national interprofessional collective bargaining agreement are entitled to sick leave based on their period of employment. Employees who have worked for a company for less than a year are entitled to one month of full pay and three months of half pay under the collective agreement. Employees with more than a year but less than five years of service are eligible to a month of paid sick leave and four months of paid sick leave. Employees who have worked for more than five years are eligible to two months of paid sick leave and five months of paid sick leave. A sick employee's employment is also guaranteed for six months by the collective bargaining agreement, after which they may be replaced.
Parental leave
Apart from maternity leave, there is no other parental leave.