Easily manage employment in Serbia

Employees are entitled to at least 20 days of paid holiday annually. Serbian labour law stipulates that the minimal duration of annual leave has to be increased on the basis of following criteria.- Contributions to work- Working conditions- Working experience- Kind and level of education of the employeeThe Employer is free to determine the exact number of days of increase for each of the categories above.

Employees are entitled to take the 12 public holidays as paid days off work.

For non-work-related health challenges, employees are entitled to 65% of their wages for the first month of an illness, or even full wages, if an employee’s illness is related to the nature of the job.For illness exceeding the first month, employees can draw sickness benefits from the Serbian Health Insurance Fund.

Female employees having their first and second pregnancies are entitled to maternity and childcare, starting 28 days before delivery, and lasting for an entire year, with their full wages paid for the duration of the leave.Maternity and childcare leave lasts up to two years for the third pregnancy onward, with full wages paid throughout the leave duration.

Paternity leave lasts for seven days.

- Bereavement leave: employees are entitled to five days of paid leave in case of the death of a close family member.- Health purposes: Employees can take two paid days off work for voluntary blog transfusion.- Adoption: Foster and adoptive parents are entitled to at last eight months of leave, starting when the process is finalised, until the child turns 11 months of age.