I’m about to quit my job of 4 years.
I have accumulated a lot of vacation/paid leave that I didn’t take because I was busy. I have 43 days which is just over two months.
The company doesn’t let us cash in vacation, but people who quit often seem to use it up after they last day of work.
I gave slightly more than the one month of notice for my last day of work and laid out a plan to use up my vacation after that and my boss seemed ok with it when we talked.
However now that I put the plan in writing they’re being difficult, saying that vacation shouldn’t interfere with my work (but how could it interfere with my work when it’s after my last day, for which I gave more than the required amount of notice???)
Two months salary is a lot of money and the way I see it, I earned that vacation as part of my compensation.
I won’t be working another job after I quit (I’m preparing to leave Japan), so I won’t be employed at another company while I’m using up vacation and on payroll at my current company, which I understand could be a problem.
Does the law say anything about being entitled to use up my vacation?
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Legally, you could have just given them 43 days of notice (more than the 2 weeks prescribed by the law) and just leave that night and never come back. There is nothing they could have done about it.
You’ve graciously given them an extra month of your time to handle transition. They should be very thankful about that.
Your last day should be the last day you’re contracted with them, not the last day you turn up for work. If you want to stop working on April 4 but be paid until April 30 you need to make April 30 your “last day” otherwise you won’t be paid after April 4.
Nope, they aren’t required to pay out after you quit. If they do, that is their own choice.
Companies I have worked for have let me take as much as I want before my last day, but they won’t pay out after my last day. I
For example, I took off a couple weeks last month and almost all of this month before I start a new job and my work has agreed to that, but I will still leave with around 25 days unused as of my last official day on 30 April before I start my new job on 1 May.
The approval for the leave after you announce you are leaving is the same as before you announced it.
>I’m preparing to leave Japan
Have you told your employer this? Should you leave Japan, Your employer maybe required to withhold 20.42% non-resident tax on any money paid out to you while on annual leave.
> but people who quit often seem to use it up after they last day of work.
Last day in the office + whatever vacation days they have left = official day of resignation.
You should have given them more than one month notice and included your remaining paid holidays to count towards your last day.
The law says that you are entitled to take PTO whenever you want and your company cannot refuse it. The company can only move when you will take PTO if they can argue that you taking PTO will interrupt business operations. However, they cannot move your PTO after your last day, because that would essentially be refusing your right to take PTO.