Payroll and Benefits Guide Montenegro

Annual Leave (vacation)

For each calendar year, an employee shall have the right to 20 working days of annual leave. For employees with a six-day workweek, the entitlement is increased to 24 working days. At least 10 continuous working days must be used during the allotted calendar year and the remaining unused days can carry over until 30^th June of the following year.

PTO Carryover

In Montenegro, unused statutory annual leave can be carried over and must generally be used by 30 June of the following year.

Note:

• For Eurofast, any unused leave as of 31st Dec can be carried forward to next year and will expire as of 30th Jun

Public Holidays

Each of the holidays in Montenegro is two days long. When the first day of a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following two days are non-working days.
If the second day of holiday is a Sunday, the first following working day is given to the worker in lieu.

Sick Days

Employees receive 70% compensation from their employer for the first 60 days of sick leave and then after from social security.
Employees are obligated to provide their employers with a medical certificate within three days of starting their sick leave.

Maternity Leave

Pregnant employees are entitled to receive 98 days of paid maternity leave at the employee’s regular pay rate.
Maternity leave should start 28 days before the due date and the remaining 70 days are taken after childbirth.

Paternity Leave

The paternity leave entitlement is included in parental leave.

Parental Leave

Employees can use parental leave after the completion of maternity leave for a duration of 365 days. Each parent is entitled to an even share of the leave. Parental leave can be transferred from one parent to the other upon expiry of 30 days from when the parental leave was started. If this is done, the parent who transferred the right to the other parent shall not be entitled to the continuation of the use of parental leave.

Other Leave

Depending on the collective agreement or employment contract terms, an employee may be allowed additional leave types approved between the employer and employee. Employees are entitled to up to 7 days of paid leave for:

• Matrimony
• Birth
• Professional examinations
• Death of an immediate family member
• The new general collective agreement entitles employees to additional days of paid leave compared to what they are entitled to under the labor act.
  • Employees are entitled to two consecutive workdays of paid leave within a year when taking a professional exam unrelated to their job.
  • In the case of childbirth, the employee is entitled to three workdays of paid leave even if the total number of annual paid leave workdays in the given year (30 days) has been taken.
  • A union representative is entitled to a paid absence from work while present at union-related events within the country or abroad, subject to a written notice of absence to be submitted at least three days before the absence and proof of the invitation for the event.