{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1182/annex/article-22",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1182",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1182 of 18 July 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Union Institute for Security Studies",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1182",
  "path": "annex/article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Leave",
  "text": "1. Annual leave\nEntitlement\n((a)) Contract staff members shall be entitled to paid annual leave at the rate of 2,5 working days for each month of service completed. This entitlement shall apply each calendar year.\nIf, on 31 December a contract staff member has a period of leave due, the Director may authorise the carrying forward of a maximum of 12 days of leave to the following year. Any entitlement carried forward but not taken by 31 December of the following year shall be cancelled.\nAdministrative procedure\n((b)) Contract staff members wishing to take leave within their entitlement as defined in point (a), must obtain the prior authorisation of their superior and of the Director.\nA record of leave taken is kept by the administration of the Institute.\nThe procedure to be followed shall be set out in implementing rules to be adopted by the Director.\nLeave unexpended on departure of contract staff members\n((c)) Leave unexpended at the time contract staff members depart from the Institute shall be cancelled. However, if the Director certifies in writing that, owing to the exigencies of work, it was impossible for a contract staff member to take all accumulated leave, the contract staff member shall be entitled to a compensatory payment of one thirtieth of his or her monthly net basic salary for each day of leave so accumulated.\n2. Unpaid leave\n(a) Upon request from a contract staff member, the Director may grant unpaid leave in justified and exceptional personal circumstances if this is compatible with the interest of the service. This request cannot be made before the end of a contract staff member's probationary period.\n(b) The total duration of such leave shall not exceed one year. Throughout the period of unpaid leave, the contract staff member may not engage in any remunerated activity.\n(c) During a period of unpaid leave, the contract staff member shall not be entitled to advancement to a higher step or promotion, and his or her membership of the social welfare scheme provided for in Articles 8 and 14 and cover for risks under the scheme shall be suspended.\nHowever, a contract staff member may, not later than one month following that in which the unpaid leave begins, apply to continue to be covered, provided that he or she bears the totality of the corresponding contributions, including the employer's.\nThe contract staff member who proves that he or she cannot acquire pension rights from another pension scheme may apply to continue to acquire further pension rights, provided that he or she bears the totality of the corresponding contributions, including the employer's.\n3. Sick leave, maternity, paternity leave, parental leave and other special leave\nSpecial leave, such as sick, maternity, paternity or parental leave or leave for exceptional circumstances, shall be granted, in addition to annual leave.\nDetails and the procedures to be followed are given in Annex VIII.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1182/annex/article/22",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}