Additional leave for severely disabled people
Severely disabled people are entitled to paid additional leave of five working days in the leave year, for a five-day week.
- Also called
- additional leave, five additional days of leave
Severely disabled people are entitled to paid additional leave of five working days in the leave year. If regular working time is spread over more or fewer than five working days a week, the additional leave increases or decreases accordingly. If collective, company or other rules provide for longer additional leave, they remain unaffected. [1] If severe disability does not exist for the whole calendar year, there is one twelfth of the additional leave for every full month. [1] The requirement is that severe disability has been established, see severe disability card. More on rights at work: Severe disability at work.
Legal status: 08.10.2026. This is not legal advice; in an individual case, counselling services or specialist lawyers for social law can help.
Sources and literature
- § 208 SGB IX – Zusatzurlaub (Abs. 1–3). https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__208.html.
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