In practice, cases are increasingly appearing where employees do not receive the annual leave allowance (also known as K-15), and some mistakenly believe that it is a “privilege” dependent on the employer’s discretion. In fact, the allowance is a legal obligation, not a privilege that the employer can grant or refuse at will. It is provided for under the Law on Labor Relations and the General Collective Agreement for the Public and Private Sectors, and like most monetary clai

The right to annual leave is one of the fundamental labor rights guaranteed by the Law on Labor Relations in North Macedonia. This right...