Holiday leave
Number of holidays
Employees in 100 percent employment have a right to 25 days off per calendar year. If you were employed after the 30th of September, you have a right to take 1 week of holiday the year you started working.
Everybody can demand 3 weeks of continuous holiday in the period between 1 June - 30 September, but your closest leader determines the exact dates. Two of these weeks can be taken as whole weeks, but not continuously.
Holidays that you have a right to end can be with or without pay, depending on how much holiday pay you earned last year.
Newly employed
If you are employed by HiØ at any time between 1 January–30 September, you have the right to take a full holiday leave (25 days) without pay, if you have not used this leave with your previous employer. If your employment begins after 30 September, you have the right to one week of holiday leave without pay.
These days without pay are normally taken out of your salary during the month that you actually take the days off.
If you are a new employee in this calendar year (and thus without the right to paid holiday leave) you will be paid your normal salary on 12 June instead of holiday pay (since you have no holiday pay). That also means you will pay taxes on your salary as usual.
If you were newly employed at some time last year, the number of paid holiday/vacation days you are eligible for will depend on when you were hired.
However, regardless of how many holiday days you have earned, you still have the right to take the full number of holiday/vacation days (25 days), but if you have not earned 25 paid holiday days, you can take holiday days without pay to bring your total number of days off to 25 (paid plus unpaid leave).
You don't need to take holiday leave without pay unless you want to. You can simply take your paid holiday/vacation days. You will get more information from the payroll team in April/May.
Senior - 60 and above
The year you turn 60 you have the right to an extra week of vacation. However, note that this week of holiday will be taxed like a normal work week.
From the year you turn 62 you also have the right to the following senior days with pay:
- The year you turn 62 you have the right to 8 days of leave with pay
- The year you turn 64 you have the right to 10 days of leave with pay
- The year you turn 65 you have the right to 12 days of leave with pay
- The year you turn 66 you have the right to 14 days of leave with pay
Apply for holiday leave
Use DFØ app (or SAP Portal) to register for holiday leave. The app can be downloaded at DFØ (dfo.no).
When you have cleared your holiday with your leader, please register your holidays in DFØ App. Remember to register your holiday by deadline May 1. Any remaining holiday must be registered before mid-November.
Exception for the academic staff: If you have not agreed on another withdrawal, 4 of your weeks will be automatically drawn in July.
Please look at the youtube guidance down below (only in Norwegian).
- For holiday leave with payment; use Fraværstype: Ferie med lønn
- For holiday leave without payment; use Fraværstype: Ferie uten lønn
Work hours during public holidays
As long as the workload allows it, employees at HiØ have time off work on the following days:
- New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
- Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Eve, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
- Ascension Day (6th Thursday after Maundy Thursday)
- Whitsunday and Whitmonday (7th Sunday after Easter Sunday)
- May 1
- May 17
- Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Second Christmas Day/Boxing Day
Wednesday, day before Maundy Thursday, work hours are 08.00–12.00.