Applications for leave

The main rule is to always apply for leave for entire months for longer kinds of leave. For part-time leave, the leave should never be interrupted for holiday leave, but rather should continue in parallel, unless it is a case of parental leave with parental benefit or medical leave for illness.

As the Swedish Tax Agency has changed how employers must report income and tax information, employers cannot correct paid taxes to the same extent as before. If unpaid leave is registered late, the tax taken out on your full salary cannot be corrected and refunded; the tax will only be refunded in connection with your declaration the following year.

For you as a worker, it is therefore important to apply for leave in Primula.  This means that your application must be submitted and certified by your manager no later than two months prior to leave being taken.

The respective manager is also in charge of approving the time.

Salary specification

This means that from the first of every month, you can see your preliminary salary specification in Primula. This is an extra service for you as an employee so that you can check your upcoming salary payment and ensure that any forms of leave are included in your upcoming salary payment.

The 7-day rule when calculating deductions

The 7-day rule means that if you are off for more than 14 days, the leave must last over the weekend. This applies to all leave.

Example: You apply for leave from the Monday on week 1 until (and including) the Friday on week 3. HR Payroll extends the leave until Sunday the last week.

If the leave includes the last day of the month and it falls on a Friday, no extension of the leave is made to Sunday.

Longer leave that begins at the end of the month

If leave lasts more than 6 days and begins at the end of the month so that it is less than 6 days, there is a working day deduction. The deduction is corrected the following month to a calendar day deduction.

Definition of deductions

The working day deduction is 4.6% of your current salary. Working day deductions are made for leaves of 1–5 days.

The calendar day deduction is 3.3% of your current salary. Calendar day deductions occur for leaves lasting more than 6 days.