Private household employees must be given one full day of leave per week. This day is usually Sunday. Private household employees and their employers may expressly agree on a different day in the employment contract.
Private household employees must be given half a working day of leave per week. If this half-day of leave is in the morning, the private household employee shall resume work at 1pm. If the half-day of leave begins after 1pm, then the private household employee does not need to resume work in the evening.
Private household employees remain entitled to meals on their days of leave. If they do not take their meals at the employer’s home then the employer must pay a food allowance instead, which may not be lower than the amount prescribed by Article 11 of the OASIO19 for calculating the determinant salary in respect of old-age and survivors’ insurance.
Employers must without fail allow the weekly leave to be taken every week. It may not be carried forward to the following week, even with the agreement of the private household employee.
Employers must also grant private household employees paid leave for the usual reasons, for example, visits to the doctor or the dentist.