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ledighet utan löneavdrag (förskottssemester)

English translation: leave with no pay deduction (advance annual leave/annual vacation))

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Swedish term or phrase:ledighet utan löneavdrag (förskottssemester)
English translation:leave with no pay deduction (advance annual leave/annual vacation))
Entered by: David Rumsey

21:26 May 10, 2020
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources
Swedish term or phrase: ledighet utan löneavdrag (förskottssemester)
An easy one (I think) but double checking:

Literally "leave without of wages" (advance vacation)

How is this any different than "paid leave" or "paid time off" (permission?)

Full sentence:
överenskommelsen om ledighet utan löneavdrag (förskottssemester). Den anställde får då ut sin ordinarie månadslön med utan något semestertillägg.
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 13:21
leave with no pay deduction (advance annual leave/annual vacation))
Explanation:
In your first year of employment you have the right to 25 days leave, but not the right to be paid for them. You earn those 25 days of pay over the year, and when you've not been employed a whole year, you've earned only a portion of those days. Some employers pay for your leave anyway expecting you to work the whole year (and earn the full 25 day holiday/vacation pay).

The Swedish references use vacation, others use 'annual leave'.

This is how the US Gov refers to it.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-ad...

From the Brits
https://www.gov.uk/browse/employing-people/time-off

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-ad...

Selected response from:

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 22:21
Grading comment
Thanks Deane! Sadly in the USA it is increasingly common just to receive one lump sum of "paid leave", which includes vacation and sick days. This means people come to work sick to save their vacation. But usually we are only talking about 10 business days (i.e."2 weeks") for most places. The corporate job I had, I ended up having to write them a check for extra time I took off... If you get too sick. You pay.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1leave with no pay deduction (advance annual leave/annual vacation))
Deane Goltermann
3(CanE & BrE) to furlough on full pay (advance vacation / holiday taken)
Adrian MM.
3Full salary
Paul Gratwick
Summary of reference entries provided
@ David and all
SafeTex

  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
leave with no pay deduction (advance annual leave/annual vacation))


Explanation:
In your first year of employment you have the right to 25 days leave, but not the right to be paid for them. You earn those 25 days of pay over the year, and when you've not been employed a whole year, you've earned only a portion of those days. Some employers pay for your leave anyway expecting you to work the whole year (and earn the full 25 day holiday/vacation pay).

The Swedish references use vacation, others use 'annual leave'.

This is how the US Gov refers to it.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-ad...

From the Brits
https://www.gov.uk/browse/employing-people/time-off

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-ad...




    https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2358/5863/files/SWM419.pdf
    https://www.unionen.se/in-english/annual-vacation
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 22:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 78
Grading comment
Thanks Deane! Sadly in the USA it is increasingly common just to receive one lump sum of "paid leave", which includes vacation and sick days. This means people come to work sick to save their vacation. But usually we are only talking about 10 business days (i.e."2 weeks") for most places. The corporate job I had, I ended up having to write them a check for extra time I took off... If you get too sick. You pay.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SafeTex
2 days 10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dave!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(CanE & BrE) to furlough on full pay (advance vacation / holiday taken)


Explanation:
Could be the famous 'furlough' (2nd weblink) that has migrated Transatlantically from the UK's armed forces & Christian 'missionaries' to the USA and back again.


Example sentence(s):
  • 8 Apr 2020 ... Swedish ferry organisation Stena Line will furlough 600 employees on full pay, due to the ongoing Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.

    Reference: http://employeebenefits.co.uk/stena-line-to-furlough-600-emp...
    Reference: http://eng.proz.com/kudoz/swedish-to-english/human-resources...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  SafeTex: hello Adrian: I think you might be overdoing it a bit with "furlough". This is not a coronavirus or similar situation but just "advance holiday" in the first year of employment. Erratum: I meant not to agree and could have even disagreed with this answer.
12 hrs
  -> Thx, Saftetex. The furlough speculation had been why I had ranked my confidence level lower than Deane's. // Well, feel free to agree with the other answers if you are positive that this is a non-furlough scenario.
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Full salary


Explanation:
I find the source text very ambiguous.
The first phrase "överenskommelsen om ledighet utan löneavdrag (förskottssemester)" would definitely translate to Adrian's suggestion as it says that there will be no reduction in salary. However, there is normally no reduction in salary for unearned vacation days (see Deans'e explanation) so I don't understand to which "löneavdrag" they are referring.
The following sentence says that the "semestertillägg" (vacation addition) will not be paid for this period. This vacation addition is over and above the normal salary and is paid to all salaried Swedes for the holiday days they have earned.
I know it can sound too good to be true that you actually get paid more for each vacation day than you are for ordinary workdays, but it is the system in Sweden. In actual fact, the extra amount is deducted from your gross salary every month during the rest of the year, so you're really just getting it back during your holiday.

Anyway, as there seem to be contradictions in the source text, I suggest you check with the client, just to be sure. Sorry to be so wordy!

Paul Gratwick
Sweden
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
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Reference comments


13 hrs
Reference: @ David and all

Reference information:
this will probably answer your question about how it is different from normal paid holiday. It's another thing working out what it might be in English though


    https://www.unionen.se/rad-och-stod/forskottssemester
SafeTex
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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