S.L. 452.115 Art. 3Annual leave.

(1) Leave with pay from the annual leave entitlement shall be availed of on days agreed upon between the employer and employee.

(2) As from the 1st of January 2019, unless otherwise agreed to in any applicable collective agreement, or unless otherwise agreed in any agreement reached between the employer or employers or employers’ associations on the one hand and the employees on the other, the employer may only utilize up to the equivalent in hours of twelve working days from the annual leave entitlement, to be calculated as provided for in the Organisation of Working Time

Regulations, for the purposes of any type of shutdown, including a temporary closure of whole or part of the premises by the employer for bridge holidays or any other short periods of shutdown.

(3) Any type of shutdown, including a temporary closure of whole or part of the premises by the employer for bridge holidays, shall be communicated to all the employees by the end of January of each calendar year.