Summary

Your flexibility regarding public holidays depends on your employment path:

• EOR & Payfit employees: You are required to observe the official public holidays in your location. These dates are fixed in our systems (HiBob/Deel/Payfit) to ensure local legal compliance.

• Contractors: You have full flexibility. You can choose to observe local public holidays or swap them for other days of greater significance to you, managing your 33-day balance as you see fit.

Max rollover of 18 days per year. More in PTOs default configuration. | | How to access | Book via HiBob (and PayFit too if you’re employed through the French entity, and Skuad if relevant)

If booking for 2+ weeks, you must first get approval from your manager. | | Why do we offer this | To be as fair and equitable as possible in leave allowances across all employees; and to help you prioritize rest in order to sustain your health, well-being, and performance. |

Time off included

MUI provides (or adapts the rate if a contractor) 33 days off per year, to match 228±1 worked days per year. This matches the number of working days in the default French system, which is relatively balanced. In France, it’s the equivalent of 25 days of paid time off and 8 public holidays; there are truly 11 public holidays, but only 8 are during the week on average per year:

*This infographic is not super accurate. There are a bunch of mistakes, but that gives a general direction. Source https://resume.io/blog/which-country-gets-the-most-paid-vacation-days

In practice, there can be a few days’ difference based on how you are “hired” as we need to comply with the laws in your location. The above is the target we aim for everyone.

You don’t have to ask for permission when planning vacations of up to two weeks, but do inform your manager and peers, and make sure your responsibilities are covered. Your health and the health of your loved ones come before work. If you can, inform your manager if you have to take time off for health reasons. More in Time off approval

PTOs default configuration

By default, PTOs have the following behavior:

• Annual allowance: 33 days. Time off included
• Accrual annual window: Jan-Dec
• Accrual frequency: Monthly (PTOs are gained incrementally, on the first day of the month). We allow time to be taken in advance as long as we can claw back. So we prefer to show annual balance when possible (people plan PTO on an annual basis, not a monthly one).
• Accrual start: Start of employment
• Request more than available: No limit (Unlimited non-paid time off)
• Public holidays deducted: No (granted in addition to public holidays)
• Maximum carryover:
  • The days that are part of the Minimum personal time off days can’t be carried over (why: to help implement that policy). So people can carry over 33-15 = 18 days.
  • The rest can be carried over for up to 2 years (why: to incentivize taking them).

What does this mean for public/national holidays?

As a globally distributed team, we have chosen to incorporate public holidays into the total annual leave entitlement. This is to offer a more culturally sensitive approach and to achieve more equitable annual leave across all employees.

Depending on your employment path, your flexibility regarding these days is as follows:

• EOR & Payfit Employees: Due to local labor laws and payroll compliance, you are required to observe the official public/national holidays in your location. These dates are fixed in our systems (HiBob/Deel/Payfit) to ensure we meet legal requirements as your employer.