What are the paid work permits

Surely more than once you have asked for vacations at work without knowing that the reason for your absence was a just paid work permit from you according to the workers' statute. It is normal that the company has not warned you about it since in this time of crisis if you can save yourself "free" days that for them suppose a "lost" of money, surely you prefer to keep quiet and lose them of your precious vacations. These permits are the minimum days that you have since the collective agreement of application in your company it can always benefit you and give you more days of paid leave. In this way you will already know in which concepts you can ask for paid work permits .

Work permits for marriage

You can be absent from work for fifteen calendar days (holidays included) in case of marriage. These days begin to count from the day of the wedding. If you have formalized as a couple there are some agreements that give you the same permission as marriage, but by the statute of workers is not yet collected. The company will claim that Prove it with the marriage certificate. In this article you will discover how to apply for a work permit for marriage.

Work permits for the birth of a child

If you have been a father you have paid permission from the company for two calendar days (holidays included) from the day of the child's birth. Please note that if your child is born on a Saturday, you must return to work on Monday. If your child is born On a Wednesday night before 24:00 hours, you must join the work on Friday. If you need to travel more than 150 km to attend the birth of your child then you will have four natural days of leave. You must prove it to the company You can even ask for a photocopy of the family book.

Work permits during pregnancy

You will have paid permission to attend prenatal exams and preparation techniques when they are given during your work schedule. You must prove it through a social security certificate, and remember that you can leave work just in time for the time you spend. to go from the workplace to the center where you do those exams or techniques, and return to work at the end if you are still within your work schedule.

Due to illness or death of relatives up to the second degree

Relatives of up to the second degree are the children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, brothers, brothers-in-law and your spouse, as well as those of your husband-wife (in-laws, grandparents of your spouse, brothers-in-law, cohabitants, children of your spouse or grandchildren of your spouse). In the case of legally registered partners you will have the same permits. So for serious illness, accident, hospitalization, surgery without hospitalization requiring home leave or death you have a paid leave of two calendar days . In this case can take these days at any time of the process of withdrawal or hospitalization of the relative to distribute the days between family members. If you need to do more than 150 km of displacement then you will have four calendar days of leave. You must provide the company with proof of the patient with name and surname and specify your relationship of kinship.

Work permits for moving

In order to make a move, you have one day of leave. You must prove the move with the change of the registration certificate.

For fulfillment of a public and personal duty

You have work permit paid for the hours or days you need to fulfill a public and personal duty. Some example of this is the case that you have been called to testify in a trial, be part of a popular jury or you have been part of an electoral table.

Work permits union or representative functions

If you are part of a company committee or a union, you will know that during the hours that you perform union functions during your work hours the company must give you paid permission.

Work permits exams for studies

You have paid permission for the hours of an exam as long as you are regularly studying for an academic or professional degree. Only in these two cases.

• Remember that all this is the minimum that is regulated by the Workers' Statute, and that your collective agreement can lengthen the days or even give you more paid permits.
• You must always present a certificate made by an organization that specifies the reason for the permit
• These are paid permits, it does not mean that the company gives you permission for other issues (visit to a social security doctor, visit to the dentist, illness of an uncle, death of an acquaintance), but that you will have the right to discount the hours or days of the payroll, but the fact of carrying proof will save you that the company can sanction you for unjustified absence.
• Before taking an unpaid permit, discuss it with the company to be sure that they give it to you, otherwise you will have to take it from your vacations, provided that the company agrees.
• Try to always warn in all possible cases in advance of the company.