Are weekends counted as part of annual leave?

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According to the Regulations on Paid Annual Leave for Employees, staff who have worked for at least one year but less than 10 years are entitled to five days of annual leave; those who have worked for 10 years but less than 20 years are entitled to 10 days; while those who have worked for 20 years or more are entitled to 15 days.

Statutory holidays and regular rest days are not counted as part of annual leave.

Therefore, regular weekends are not included.

What other holidays are not counted as part of annual leave?

According to the Regulations on Paid Annual Leave for Employees, state-mandated leaves – such as home leave, marriage leave, bereavement leave, maternity leave and paid leave for work-related injuries – are excluded from annual leave.

 

Source: Official WeChat account of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security