Requesting days off: Your rights as an employee

Questioner

If you, as an employee, request a day off well in advance (1 month), can an employer simply refuse this?

Lawyer

No, that is not allowed without a good reason. You can find the legal framework in article 638 paragraph 2 of book 7 BW. Your employer has 14 days to make a reasoned decision on your request. text: Insofar as the determination of the holiday is not provided for by written agreement or by or pursuant to a collective labour agreement or arrangement by or on behalf of an authorised administrative body or the law, the employer shall determine the times of commencement and end of the holiday in accordance with the wishes of the employee, unless there are compelling reasons against this. If the employer has not provided the employee with compelling reasons in writing within two weeks after the employee has made his wishes known in writing, the holiday shall be determined in accordance with the wishes of the employee. end of text: