Make sure you take the statutory holiday
Have you taken full holiday in 2023? If you have not taken the statutory holiday, contact your immediate manager to agree how the holiday should be carried out.
Remember that holiday you have taken, or plan to take in 2023, must be applied for and processed by your immediate superior in the Self-service portal.
Transferring holiday days to next year
You may apply to transfer up to 14 holiday days to the next year.
The deadline is 31st of January 2024.
Holiday days without pay
If you wish to take holiday-days without pay this year (2023), you must register an application in the Self-Service Portal and have it approved by your manager by 4th of December 2023.
Taking holiday: rights and obligations
Max 50 plus hours or 10 minus hours can be transferred to the next year
The settlement date for the transfer of plus or minus hours at UiO is set for 31st of December each year.
No more than 50 plus hours and 10 minus hours can be transferred.
Work-free days and working hours during Christmas
Employees at UiO have work-free days on:
- Christmas Eve (24 December)
- Christmas Day (25 December)
- 2nd Day of Christmas (26 December)
- New Year's Eve (31 December)
- 1 working day between Christmas and New Year's Eve
Note: For the additional work-free day during Christmas, you must apply for absence in the self-service portal with absence reason Other absence, paid - 940. In the field New note write Work-free day during Christmas.
Start work day at 10 am
Where the work situation allows for this, State employees may start their work day at 10 am between Christmas and New Year.
This does not imply that everyone is entitled to a two hour reduction of their working time, but this is an opportunity to come to work later than usual. Therefore, it is not possible to accrue flexitime between 8 and 10 am.
Part-time employees with less than 5.45 working hours per day don't receive a reduction of their work time but may nevertheless opt to start their work day at 10 am.
Where the work situation does not allow for absence between 8 and 10 am, working hours are as usual.