If sick leave falls on a holiday: is it extended, is it included in the holiday, how is sick leave paid on holidays and New Year holidays?

Often illness overtakes us at the most unexpected moment. For employed people, this event often ruins all plans. Sometimes a person may feel unwell on a weekend or holiday, but it is necessary to contact medical specialists immediately upon feeling unwell.

Are holidays paid for sick leave?

Today we want to discuss the details and payment of sick leave on weekends, we will study all the pitfalls.

Are weekends included in sick leave?

The sick leave or certificate of incapacity for work, based on the letter of the Social Insurance Fund “On clarification of certain provisions...” dated October 28, 11th year number 14-03-18/15-12956, is intended for the following purposes:

Indicates the inability to perform their work duties, as a result of which the employee must be released from them for the recovery period.
It is documentation that can serve as the basis for obtaining temporary disability benefits (PPW).

Most often, the reason why a sick leave is issued is due to an injury or illness of a citizen. For a temporary period, a hospital employee is relieved of his work duties and is paid not a salary at this time, but a personal income tax. The certificate of incapacity for work is issued not only for working days, it also includes weekends. Are payments made for the holidays specified in this document?

As a rule, sick leave is issued due to illness and (or) injury of an employee

The legal basis is in the fourteenth paragraph of the Procedure for issuing certificates of incapacity for work, approved by Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of June 29, 2011, number 624n. Regarding the issue of payment for days off on sick leave, we find out the following: when a person undergoes outpatient treatment, a certificate of incapacity for work is issued from the date of recognition of the inability to perform work duties until this ability is restored, and this includes weekends and holidays when the employee’s company does not work.

Note ! If you need to find out whether a citizen will receive money if he is treated inpatiently, you need to study paragraph 19 of the above document. It is so written that sick leave is provided for the entire time period of this type of treatment, and it includes both weekends and holidays. PPV is then calculated based on the number of calendar days allocated for the treatment process, and weekends are included in this number.

Paragraphs 14, 19 of Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development No. 624n

When and by whom is it issued?

A temporary disability form is issued to an employee due to illness or injury. The sheet is considered valid if completed by the attending doctor (the medical institution must have a certificate from the Social Insurance Fund) and the employer.

The new sample form is designed to increase the level of protection against fraud. It has watermarks, barcode, microtext and a random registration number. Thanks to the latter, the forms are stored in an archive, which makes it possible to carry out an inspection if there is suspicion.

The sick leave contains information regarding the duration of treatment, the name of the organization, the position of the employee, etc. The maximum period is 30 days (except for pregnancy and childbirth). If necessary, it is extended, but for this purpose a special commission of doctors gathers to decide whether to extend the certificate or not. The form is issued:

in case of illness or injury of an employee;
due to pregnancy and childbirth;
if necessary, care for a sick child or relative.

Sick leave on holidays and weekends operates similarly to weekdays; this is regulated by clause 14 of Chapter. 2 Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia dated June 29, 2011 No. 624n. Also in Part 1 of Art. 6 Federal Law No. 255 states that payments apply to all days of temporary disability.

Is it possible to open a certificate of incapacity for work on a day off?

What to do to get sick leave on the weekend? This need arises when you feel so bad that there is simply no way to wait until a working day to go to a medical facility, and you urgently want to receive a certificate of incapacity for work.

To begin with, let’s say that based on Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia No. 624n “On approval of the procedure for issuing certificates of incapacity for work” - this is completely legitimate. No one can prevent you from getting sick leave on a non-working day, although bosses or medical professionals may try to convince you of the opposite. What should I do to get a certificate? Just visit your clinic, private clinic, call a doctor or an ambulance.

Note ! What to do when the sick leave falls on the weekend? Any public medical institution will have a doctor on duty, even if today is a weekend or holiday. He will examine you, draw conclusions about the state of your health and, if necessary, issue a certificate of incapacity for work.

You can also apply for sick leave on weekends if your health has deteriorated significantly.

Only through a thorough medical examination will a doctor be able to assess your condition. A sick leave certificate is issued for the entire time period of a citizen’s temporary loss of ability to work, regardless of the start date of the sick leave.

Thus, on a working day you will not have to go to the clinic again to have the doctor write you a certificate.

It is important to say that a certificate of incapacity for work cannot be issued “retroactively”, to an earlier day, even if you were already feeling unwell at that time. The certificate is issued only after a thorough medical examination on the day of the hospital visit.

It doesn’t matter what diagnosis you were given - a cold, poisoning, and so on. The certificate is issued for a period of up to 15 calendar days, but if the person has not recovered during this time, the chief physician assembles a special commission to decide whether it is necessary to increase the sick leave time.

Note ! The law establishes that the maximum period for which a person is released from work is 10 months and only in exceptional situations is it increased to a year.

As a rule, sick leave is issued for a maximum of 15 days

It is no secret that some clinics simply do not work on weekends or holidays. So before visiting a medical facility, it is better to call the reception and find out all the details you are interested in. When the clinic is closed, if you feel too unwell and in serious condition (if the temperature is very high), it is advisable to call an ambulance.

On a note ! Emergency doctors do not draw up sick leave certificates on the same basis as emergency room doctors, employees of blood transfusion centers, and employees of some specific medical institutions.

In the hospital, the patient is examined by a doctor who, based on the information received, makes a conclusion: you need inpatient treatment (in a hospital) or you can limit yourself to clinical and outpatient treatment.

If you have to go to hospital, a certificate will be issued at the time of discharge. There they prescribe the time periods during which you underwent treatment.

The doctor will determine the type of treatment, duration of sick leave

Naturally, you have the right to visit a private medical institution, since the law does not prohibit the provision of work ability certificates issued by these organizations.

If you are opening a certificate of incapacity for work on a day off, you need to show a passport or other identification document. It is advisable to take with you a compulsory health insurance policy.

Note ! You can open a certificate of temporary disability at a non-state medical institution on any day, because these organizations usually work seven days a week.

How to take/open sick leave during the holidays?

New Year holidays

New Year's holidays always mean a good mood, games in the snow and many fun activities for both children and adults. New Year's holidays usually last at least nine days in a row and, of course, many can argue about whether to give an employee who undermined his health sick leave on New Year's holidays or not.

On New Year's holidays, medical institutions do not work in the manner prescribed by law and most medical workers are away from the workplace.

However, if you need help due to an illness or injury, then, in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of our country dated August 1, 2007, number 514, sick leave is issued even on weekends and holidays , at the time the disease is diagnosed or if its treatment occurs in outpatient conditions.

If a doctor refuses to give you sick leave for the New Year holidays (this may happen, since not all medical workers know and comply with the law), then contact the head doctor of the institution or contact the Ministry of Health. Sick leave during the New Year holidays must be provided and refusal in this situation is unlawful .

May holidays

The May holidays are also long public holidays. If the weekend falls between May 1 and May 9, you may not appear at your workplace for more than one week. But even in such a warm season, it is possible to get sick and need treatment.

Many people are faced with the question: what is more profitable, getting disability leave or resting on holidays without resorting to medical help? Despite the fact that applying for sick leave involves some paperwork, getting it is much more profitable than letting the illness take its course.

Paying sick leave on holidays does not include tax fees , which means that the amount you receive upon returning to work will be a little nicer than payments on holidays and days of rest not related to illness.

Attention! Getting sick leave for the holidays in May is not difficult. To do this, you need to record the fact of your illness to the workers of the medical institution by going to the hospital or calling an ambulance.

When a diagnosis is made, and given your poor health, you cannot be denied a sick leave certificate.

Is it possible to extend sick leave?

We have already mentioned that the total length of sick leave can be a maximum of 15 calendar days. If you are sick longer, you will have to undergo a special medical commission, which will draw conclusions about the advisability of extending your sick leave.

On the date of visiting a medical institution, the medical worker opens and initially extends the certificate of incapacity for work independently, and it does not matter at all whether it is a day off or a holiday.

To extend sick leave, you must pass a commission

To extend your sick leave, visit the hospital or clinic where the certificate was originally issued. However, if you have been sent to another medical institution, you need to apply to that institution for an increase in the period of temporary disability.

When you are examined and conclusions are drawn about the state of your health, the medical professional will have to increase the time period of the certificate or not extend it when he believes that the problem is receding or there is a positive trend. Then the certificate of incapacity for work is simply closed and issued to the citizen.

The certificate is issued immediately or you are given it at the time the sick leave ends. When a document is provided by a medical commission, its renewal must occur every 15 calendar days.

Important ! When a certificate of incapacity for work has been issued to you by a specialized doctor - a neurologist, an ENT specialist, a surgeon, and so on - then you can also renew the certificate from a therapist.

A secondary extension of the certificate of incapacity for work is also possible on a day off, when you feel a deterioration or your health is completely deplorable. A person may well visit the doctor on duty at the clinic or ask him to come to his home. The medical professional will assess the patient’s condition and decide whether it is advisable to increase the period of sick leave for him. If the illness lasts for a very long time, the certificate is extended by the medical commission at the place of residence or referral.

You can contact the doctor on duty to extend your sick leave.

It is important to note that current laws do not spell out this issue in detail, but it is logical to conclude that a lot is connected with the well-being of the sick person. If you feel tolerable, you can go to a medical facility on a working day.

Illness on holidays

Let's consider another situation: an employee, while on annual paid leave, fell ill, and the period when the employee was treated included non-working holidays. After returning to work, the specialist wrote a statement in which he expressed a desire to extend his vacation for the period when he was sick, however, on these days the employee also included the very holiday that fell during the period of incapacity. Can a company refuse to reschedule vacations due to a holiday? The answer to the question was given by Rostrud in a letter dated December 7, 2021 No. PG/56467-6-1.

The agency recalled that, according to Part 1 of Article 120 of the Labor Code, non-working holidays that fall during vacation (annual paid or additional paid) are not included in the number of calendar days of rest. This means that the holiday must be excluded from the duration of the vacation and the date of return to work must be postponed by the number of holidays that the employee spent on sick leave.

The department summarized:
In the event of illness (injury) of an employee and he submits for payment a certificate of incapacity for work, issued in the prescribed manner, annual paid leave must be extended by the number of calendar days of temporary incapacity for work (including weekends and holidays) coinciding with the vacation period, or, by agreement with the employee, postponed to another date.

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Payment for sick leave

Let's now find out whether payment is made on sick leave for weekends.

Based on paragraph 1, part 2, article 3 of the Federal Law “On compulsory insurance in case of temporary disability and in connection with maternity,” the authorities make payments for sick leave during the first three days, and then payment is the responsibility of the Social Insurance Fund of Russia.

Excerpt from Article 3 of Federal Law No. 255

Note ! Funds for sick leave are allocated based on the number of calendar days allocated. Thus, weekends and non-working days are paid in full.

Based on Articles 164 and 183 of the Labor Code, we can conclude that temporary disability does not deprive a citizen of the opportunity to exercise social and labor rights, because instead of a salary for performing work duties, the employee is provided with payments for temporary absence of work.

However, in other situations, are they paid for days off? According to part one of the sixth article of the law “On compulsory social insurance...” dated December 29, 2006 No. 255-FZ, an employee is paid money for the temporary inability to perform work duties for the temporary period of the entire disability until its restoration, in other words, this includes non-working days .

An employee who goes on sick leave is also paid for non-working days.

Note: the period of lost ability to work, which coincides with being on annual leave, is also paid - the FSS speaks about this in its letter “Payment for sick leave...” dated June 5, 2007, number 02-13/07-4830. There is also a legal background to these words - Article 9 of Law 255-FZ.

Note that in some situations, a state of affairs is taken into account that deprives a person of the right to cash payments. An example of this situation is available in the FSS letter “On the procedure for payment...” dated September 4, 2015, number 02-09-11/15-15838: people without citizenship and foreigners are paid sick leave only when they have been insured for at least six months under the terms social insurance. Arrest or detention terminates temporary disability benefits for that period.

HOT TOPIC: SICK AND VACATION

([Economy and life" 23/07)

The editorial office ran a hotline on the topic of calculating vacations and sick leave. Lidia NOVITSKAYA, head of the department of application of legislation in the field of compulsory social insurance of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation, answered readers' questions.

Vacation payments are issued 3 days before the start of the vacation. When are holiday pay taxes paid?

All taxes are transferred on the day the funds for these payments are received from the bank.

Vacation starts on July 1st. How to determine the billing period for calculating the amount of vacation pay?

Currently, vacation pay is calculated in accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated April 11, 2003 No. 213 “On the specifics of the procedure for calculating average wages” and Art. 139 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, that is, from actually accrued wages and actually worked time for the 12 calendar months preceding the month of vacation.

Are there any specifics in calculating benefits to determine the average earnings of a convicted person?

According to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 15, 2001 727 “On the procedure for providing benefits for compulsory state social insurance to persons sentenced to imprisonment and involved in paid work,” in the case of attracting this category of citizens to work, the generally established procedure for calculating and assigning benefits applies. Payment is made by crediting to the personal accounts of convicted persons. In the case when the salary is given to them, the benefit is also given to them.

Will experience be accrued during the period of registration with the employment service?

If, during the period of being registered with the employment authorities, a citizen is involved in paid work or public work and a fixed-term employment contract is concluded with him, then this period will be taken into account, but in other cases not.

Are there any special features for calculating sick leave for teachers?

There is a general procedure for teachers. As for all other categories of citizens, their benefits are calculated in calendar days. Average earnings are calculated for the 12 months preceding the month of disability, which takes into account wages for overtime work, part-time work, substitution and combination of professions and other payments. Average earnings, vacation pay (amount and period in calendar days) and other types of saved earnings are excluded from the calculation.

If there is no average earnings in a billing period of 12 calendar months, then the salary received in the month of incapacity for work is taken. So, if an employee fell ill on May 25, then his salary for the period from May 1 to May 24 is taken and divided into 24 calendar days. If there is no earnings in the billing period, for example, in a situation where a woman goes from maternity leave to maternity leave, and then again to maternity leave, the benefit is calculated based on the official salary or tariff rate.

How to take into account inter-shift time off when applying for sick leave?

In accordance with Art. 9 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2006! 255-FZ “On provision of benefits for temporary disability, pregnancy and childbirth of citizens subject to compulsory social insurance”, if during this period employees are paid the saved average earnings, no payment is made, and if unpaid leave is paid. There cannot be simultaneous payment of earnings and benefits.

Is it necessary to draw up a report in case of a domestic injury? And the second question: the employee retires and within a month after that he fell ill. What should I do?

Currently, there are no concepts of domestic injury and injury on the way to and from work, since since the new year, illness and injury have been a single concept. Payments are made in accordance with the generally established procedure; there are no special features or differences in the assignment and payment of benefits for such injuries. The act is required only in case of injury due to an industrial accident or occupational disease.

The law provides that if an employee is dismissed and becomes ill within 30 calendar days, he has the right to receive benefits at his previous place of work or, if the organization is liquidated, from the territorial social insurance authority (with which the organization was registered as an insurer) in the amount of 60% average earnings.

Do I need to take vacation pay into account when calculating sick leave?

No, since only wages are included, and in accordance with Art. 129 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation does not apply to it. Vacation pay is a guaranteed, saved salary for the employee during the vacation period.

The city medical institution was issued a license on August 9, 2006, and sick leave certificates began to be issued on July 1. Will the regional FSS accept them for credit?

If the license for this medical institution was actually issued, and your break was insignificant and there were documents confirming that the issue of issuing a license is being resolved, in this situation there will be no claims from the social insurance authorities against you.

The Kurgan regional branch of the FSS requires a lot of documents and certificates from women on maternity leave to recalculate benefits from January 1. Is it correct?

If this is the case, then we will correct them. No additional documents are required here, since the workers already had the right to benefits. In 2006, the woman was granted leave; she received an allowance of 700 rubles; from January 1, 2007, the amount of the allowance was increased. Since the entitlement to leave was therefore recalculated, the amount of the benefit is made without submitting any additional documents.

How to calculate sick leave for downtime? For example, if the sick leave lasts 3 months, within which there were downtimes.

During downtime, the same procedure is maintained: during the downtime period, benefits are paid no more and no less than the amount of saved earnings for all employees, but not higher than the amount of benefits that the employee would receive according to the general rules. For the period before and after downtime in the generally established manner.

When 100% sick leave is paid using the new method (calendar days), the amount differs from what was calculated using the previous method (working days). Is it correct?

If the certificate of incapacity for work covers the period from Monday to Friday, that is, coincides with working days, the employee will receive slightly less. And if it is issued for 11 days, then the employee wins here, since during this period he may have 4 days off and one holiday, and he will receive benefits not for 6 working days, but for 11 calendar days.

How to calculate the insurance period when calculating sick leave if the employee did not have 100% sick pay due to the fact that his service was interrupted when moving to another place of work? The total length of service of the employee, excluding breaks in the work book, is 30 years.

From January 2007, the duration of the insurance period will be more than 30 years and, accordingly, the employee has the right to benefits in the amount of 100% of average earnings. In case of illness in November of last year and continued disability to the present time, for November and December it is necessary to pay him benefits according to the previous legislation, that is, taking into account continuous experience, and for the months of 2007 in accordance with Art. 18 of Federal Law of December 29, 2006 255-FZ, taking into account the insurance period, that is, in the amount of 100%.

When calculating vacation pay and business trips, bonuses (annual and one-time) are adjusted taking into account the time worked. Is financial assistance included in the calculation if it is specified in the wage system in the collective agreement?

Yes, financial assistance is included in the calculation in proportion to the time worked and if these payments are provided for by the remuneration system.

How are bonuses (monthly, quarterly, 13th salary) taken into account when calculating sick leave? In our country they are paid not together with the salary, but later.

The procedure for accounting for bonuses will be determined by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on the specifics of the procedure for calculating benefits for temporary disability, pregnancy and childbirth, the draft of which stipulates that bonuses accrued in the billing period will be taken into account, that is, everything accrued, including the 13th I'm a salary.

And if in May a person was sick and did not work, but the bonus was awarded. Will it be taken into account?

If the premium falls within the billing period, that is, 12 calendar months, it will be taken into account.

Are holidays taken into account when calculating average earnings for sick leave? How to determine the insurance period?

Holidays are included in the concept of calendar days. This means that when determining average earnings, holidays that coincide with the period of incapacity are taken into account and are subject to payment. Let’s say an employee was sick from April 20 to June 15. During this period, holidays on May 1, 9 and June 12 must be paid in accordance with the generally established procedure.

If you work in the North, then the Rules for calculating the length of insurance must be applied taking into account Part 1 of Art. 17 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 255-FZ, according to which persons working as of January 1, 2007 in the Far North, benefits are still paid in the amount of 100% of average earnings, regardless of the length of the insurance period. And newly arrived citizens, for example from the central regions of Russia, will receive benefits based on the length of their insurance period, that is, in the generally established manner.

How is an employee's insurance coverage determined?

A person’s insurance experience is similar to the time period during which he officially worked, and his superiors honestly paid money for him to the Social Insurance Fund. A company accountant can calculate a citizen’s continuous work experience by examining the notes in his work book. Length of service is calculated by adding up the time period of work in each company. This is done either manually or automated.

The size of the PPV depends on the length of service

As in many other laws, citizens living in the Far North are an exception. The laws provide for other rules that approve the procedure for paying money on sick leave. To calculate the required amount, it is not necessary to take into account the work experience of such people. It doesn’t matter how long an employee living in the North performs his or her duties, they are paid 100% of the average salary.

Sometimes a person is unemployed for a certain period of time. During this period he has to register with the Employment Service. Will the days of registration with the Employment Service be taken into account when calculating the length of service? This is possible, but in this case the citizen must not only look for a new job - he must take part in socially important work or must enter into a fixed-term labor contract.

Note ! In all other situations, this time period does not matter.

A person’s work experience can be taken into account as long as he is registered with the Central Employment Service.

Sick leave payments for education workers

Budget workers are a unique category of working citizens. Therefore, most often they have their own payment rules for their work and additional payments apply. However, this is not the case. A certificate of incapacity for work for a teacher or educational employee is paid according to the general rules. In order to calculate the amount, the average earnings per calendar day are determined: based on information for the last couple of years, taking into account all additional payments. Then they calculate the amount of the daily allowance and multiply it by the number of missed days stated in the certificate. Are days off taken into account on sick leave for employees in the educational sector? Yes, because for these citizens all the same rules apply as for workers in other fields.

Principles for calculating the amount of sick leave payments

In general, the amount of the benefit is determined by multiplying the average daily earnings by the number of days of sick leave and by the following coefficients:

district, taking into account the territorial characteristics of the place of work;
length of service, which takes on the following values (but does not play a role in the calculation of maternity benefits and for industrial injuries - for them this coefficient is always equal to 100%): 100% - for 8 or more years of experience;
80% - with experience from 5 to 8 years;
60% - with experience less than 5 years, but more than six months;

the duration of the sick leave period issued when caring for a child in outpatient treatment:

100% (taking into account the length of service coefficient) - for sick leave not exceeding 10 calendar days;

50% (taking into account the length of service coefficient) - for days of sick leave exceeding 10 calendar days.

The amount of sick leave payments may be reduced if the employee violated the doctor’s instructions or the incapacity for work is related to intoxication (Article 8 of Law No. 255-FZ).

Average daily earnings are calculated by dividing the employee’s total income for the 2 years preceding the year the sick leave began by the number of days in the calculation period. At the same time, the amount of income in each year participating in the calculation cannot exceed the maximum amount with which insurance premiums were paid to the Social Insurance Fund. The number of days in the calculation for regular sick leave is always 730, and to calculate maternity benefits, the actual number of days taken for the years taken for calculation is taken into account.

Calculation of sick leave should be based on the amount of the federal minimum wage in force on the start date of sick leave, in situations where:

the employee’s total length of service is less than six months;
the employee violated the doctor’s instructions - from the day the violation was committed;
disability is associated with intoxication;
there is no income for 2 calculation years (when calculating maternity benefits, this period may shift to previous years in which there was earnings);
Based on the results of the calculations, the average daily earnings turned out to be less than the minimum wage calculated.

Duration of the certificate of incapacity for work

The duration of sick leave is a maximum of 15 calendar days. If a person does not have time to recover within this period, further decisions on extension are made by a commission of doctors. The longest period is usually 10 months, but in some situations the duration is increased to a year.

Note that a paramedic or dentist can issue a sick leave for 10 days. Employees of ambulances, emergency rooms, and blood transfusion stations do not have the right to issue certificates of this kind to citizens.

A paramedic or dentist can issue a sick leave certificate for only 10 days

Note ! Thus, any employee must remember exactly what the maximum period of temporary disability is. Sick leave is compensated by the boss in full, including non-working days.

Obtaining sick leave in a private clinic

What to do if a person does not want to go to public medical institutions? What should I do?

There is nothing scary or difficult here. Private medical organizations can also issue a certificate of incapacity for work for you. The laws do not stipulate which institution should issue this certificate to you. The main thing is that the establishment has the appropriate license, that is, the management is obliged to accept any certificate of this kind.

You can also contact a private clinic to apply for sick leave, if it has a license for such activities

Legal professionals report that you need to first find out whether the private clinic where you plan to apply for a certificate of incapacity for work has the necessary license. Indeed, your employer cannot refuse to accept sick leave, but he may well ask for information about the license of a non-state clinic.

Note ! Private medical institutions can issue certificates of incapacity for work on non-working days. Usually this causes fewer problems than going to the clinic - you don’t have to sit in line or wait for a weekday to arrive. Non-governmental clinics usually work on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

How to calculate payments?

It is not difficult to make calculations related to the certificate of incapacity for work. Often these nuances remain the responsibility of the company’s accounting department. The employee simply finds out the level of your average earnings and your uninterrupted work experience. Even if you constantly changed your place of work, your length of service remains the same, because the Social Insurance Fund is constantly receiving funds.

Average earnings are calculated on the basis of existing information written in documents - payslip, salary, bonuses, etc.

When calculating sick leave, length of service and average earnings are taken into account

If a person works for a company for more than a year, 12 calendar months are taken into account, which includes holidays and weekends. It is for this time period that the salary is calculated. The last calendar month is subtracted from this period, and then bonuses, salaries, and so on are added. The resulting figure must be divided by the time of inability to perform one’s job duties, calculated in calendar days. The result is the average person’s earnings.

Note ! If a person has been working in a company for less than a year, the basis is taken as the time worked, and other calculations are made according to the same plan as above.

Note that for the first three days, the lack of ability to work is fully compensated. Subsequently, the accountant makes calculations based on the employee’s length of service and his average salary:

Experience	Size
Less than a year of work experience	30%
Less than five years of work experience	60%
Five to eight years of experience	80%
Eight years of work experience	100%

The first three days of sick leave are paid in full, the rest - depending on the employee’s length of service

As you can see, the calculations are not complicated.

When a person recovers, he must submit a certificate of incapacity for work to the accounting department within six months.

Any compensation related to sick leave is accrued to the citizen on the date of payment of the salary. Each company sets its own deadlines for providing wages and advances.

Note ! If there are no payments, a person can file a complaint with the court, the prosecutor's office, or the labor inspectorate, since this is a violation of your rights.

As a rule, sick leave payments are issued along with your salary.

From the above it follows that you can apply for sick leave on weekends - you have every right to do so. In any case, the state of health and well-being of a person is considered an important aspect - this should be a priority for any self-respecting boss.

Exceptional case

As a general rule, if an employee falls ill during annual paid leave, he can extend the rest period for the period of treatment.
In this case, the employee can choose when to continue his vacation: immediately after recovery or even transfer these days to another period. Please note that the employee must choose new vacation dates in agreement with their employers. However, vacations cannot always be rescheduled, experts from the website “Onlineinspektsiya.rf” spoke about this at the end of last year. In the case under consideration, the employee was granted leave without pay for two days, but this period coincided with the specialist’s illness. Does an employer need to reschedule rest days?

Rostrud, answering the question, referred to paragraph 2 of part 1 of Article 124 of the Labor Code. The norm does talk about transferring rest days, but only if the employee is on annual paid leave.

The site’s experts noted that the legislation does not provide for situations where an employee falls ill during unpaid leave and wants to postpone the rest days to another date.

Is sick leave included in the calculation of vacation pay?

In accordance with current legislation, each employee is entitled to annual leave. If the employee did not want to take the allotted days off, he can count on receiving appropriate compensation. It should be noted that the vacation period does not include weekends and holidays. What about sick leave?

The time that an employee of an enterprise was on sick leave cannot be taken into account when calculating vacation pay.

Along with this, he receives a special allowance. Such payments are not used when determining average earnings for calculating vacation pay.

Vacation pay is calculated using a standard accounting formula. The average earnings of an employee for a single working day are taken as a basis. To do this, you need to divide the entire amount for a certain period of time by the number of days worked.

The number of working days in a year is determined by multiplying the number of months in a year by the amount established by law. Today this value is equivalent to 29.3. After this, the resulting figure is multiplied by the number of vacation days that were provided by the employer.

You can calculate vacation pay yourself using an online calculator.

When calculating vacation pay, it matters what type of vacation was used by the employee of the enterprise. There are the following types of vacations:

Basic. Can only be provided if the employee has worked for at least six months at the new workplace. This takes into account holidays, weekends, sick leave and other additional leave.
Additional. Only that category of people who live and work in special climatic conditions (for example, in the Far North) can apply for it. Also, those employees who work in hazardous workplaces can receive additional leave.
Training. Provided by employees who are students of higher educational institutions. The duration of such vacation varies between 40-50 days.
Due to disability. This is what is called sick leave. Leave is granted if the employee is unable to perform his or her job duties due to health reasons.

Why is sick leave not included in the calculation of vacation pay?

The basis for assigning the amount of vacation pay is the average earnings of an employee of the enterprise who goes on vacation. All social benefits are excluded from the final figure. This is primarily due to the fact that during this period the employee did not fulfill his direct job duties.

The main reason for not including sick leave in the calculation of vacation pay is the need to protect the interests of the employee. The total amount of payments for an employee is directly proportional to the length of his insurance period.

That is why, if sick pay were taken into account when calculating holiday pay, then employees who work for a short time would receive benefits that are much lower than their earnings. Based on this, excluding hospital payments when making relevant calculations seems quite logical. Moreover, this solution helps protect the interests of employees.

Payment of sick leave on holidays and weekends in 2021