When do paid holidays become usable in Japan ?：有給休暇はいつから使える？

The Labor Standards Law stipulates the annual paid leave system so that employees may take leave at any time and enjoy a pleasant life.
Under this system, if you have worked continuously at a company for six months since starting and has worked at least 80% of the working days during this time (days when they have to come to work), you can take a minimum of 10 days paid leave; following this, more paid leave can be taken according to the number of years that you have worked at same the workplace.

労働基準法（ろうどうきじゅんほうでは、豊（ゆたかかな生活（せいかつができるように「有給休暇制度（ゆうきゅうきゅうかせいど」があります。休（やすみたい日（ひにお給料（きゅうりょうがもらえる休（やすみです。
同（おなじ会社（かいしゃで６ヶ月（かげつの間（あいだはたらいた人（ひとには、１０日（ひ以上（いじょう、有給休暇（ゆうきゅうきゅうかがもらえます。長（ながい期間（きかんはたらいている人は、たくさん有給休暇がもらえます。

An employer shall grant annual paid leave of 10 working days, either consecutive or divided up into portions, to an employee who has been employed continuously for 6 months calculated from the day of hiring and who has reported for work on at least 80％of the total working days 　(Article 39).
使用者（しようしゃは、その雇入（やといいれの日（ひから起算（きさんして 6ヶ月（かげつ間（かん継続勤務（けいぞくきんむし全労働日（ぜんろうどうびの 8 割（わり以上（いじょう出勤（しゅっきんした労働者（ろうどうしゃに対（たいして、継続（けいぞくし、又（または分割（ぶんかつした10労働日（ろうどうびの有給休暇（ゆうきゅうきゅうかをあたえなければならない　（第 39 条）

Part-timers can also take annual paid leave depending on the number of their working days, even if their fixed working days are relatively few. Even though the contract period of employment is for one month or 3 months, if employees have worked for more than 6 months as a result of renewal of contacts, they may take annual paid leave.

アルバイトの人など、はたらく日（ひが少なくても、はたらいた日数（にっすうに応じて、有給休暇（ゆうきゅうきゅうかがもらえます。契約期間（けいやくきかんが 1ヶ月（かげつや 3 ヶ月（かげつのような場合（ばあいでも、契約を更新（こうしんして 6 ヶ月（かげつ以上（いじょうはたらいた場合は、有給休暇がもらえます。

The number of paid holidays is as follows：有給休暇（ゆうきゅうきゅうの日数（にっすう

You may request paid leave anytime but may be asked by his or her employer to change the date(s) of the leave if his or her absence in the requested period would interfere with the normal operation of the enterprise.
Paid holidays can be taken within 2 years from when it was allowed, but you can’t take it after the day of resignation.

あなたはいつでも自由（じゆうに有給休暇（ゆうきゅうきゅうかをとることができます。ただし、あなたが休むと会社（かいしゃの運営（うんえいができない場合は、会社は他（ほかの日（ひに変更（へんこうすることができることになっています。
有給休暇（ゆうきゅうきゅうの権利（けんりは、付与（ふよされた日から 2 年間（ねんかん有効（ゆうこうです。退職（たいしょくしてから取得（しゅとくすることはできません。

Get some rest！！！

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