Annual leave calculator for Serbia
Pro-rata leave and days left
- Pro-rata entitlement before rounding
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- Taken beyond this entitlement
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A rough calculation, not legal advice.
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If you start or leave a job in Serbia part-way through the year, your annual leave (godišnji odmor) is pro-rata: your yearly entitlement divided by 12, multiplied by the months worked. Enter the days in your contract, the months your employer recognises and the days you've already taken. The result keeps its decimals rather than guessing how to round.
How it works
For the year you start or leave a job, Article 72 of the Labour Law gives: entitlement = yearly leave days × months worked / 12. For a full year with the same employer, enter 12. Start from the figure in your contract or the company rulebook. By law it's at least 20 working days.
Days you've already used are then taken off. The result shows two decimals. Article 72 doesn't set a general rounding rule, so the final whole number of days is in your employer's leave decision (rešenje), along with the number of months that count.
Worked example
An employee in Niš has 24 working days a year in their contract. After seven recognised months: 24 × 7 / 12 = 14 days. They've already taken five, so nine are left.
With the legal minimum of 20 days and five months, you get 8.33 days before anyone decides how to round.
Questions people ask
Do Saturdays and Sundays count as leave days?
No. Leave is counted in working days, on a five-day week. Public holidays that are days off, sick leave and other absences set by law don't use up your leave.
I started on the 15th. How do I enter part of a month?
Enter the number of months your employer recognises under Article 72. The calculator doesn't treat every month you started as a full one, and it doesn't decide how part-months are handled.
Why is my result not a whole number?
Because it's a straight pro-rata sum: 20 × 5 / 12 comes to 8.33. The whole number you actually get is fixed in the employer's leave decision, based on the company rules and the law.
How much annual leave is the legal minimum in Serbia?
20 working days a year. Many contracts add days for experience, qualifications or working conditions, so check yours.
Sources
- Labour Law (Zakon o radu), Art. 68–72, Legal Information System of Serbia — checked 13.11.2026
- National Assembly of Serbia, Labour Law amendments 75/2014, Art. 32–35 — checked 13.11.2026
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Updated: 13 November 2026