El Salvador
Find out key information relating to El Salvador leave entitlements
Leave entitlement & working time regulations at a glance
Minimum Holiday Entitlement
15 working days
Public Holidays
11 per year
Parental Leave
Maternity leave is 12 weeks; paternity leave is 3 days
Working Week
44 hours (full time)
Sick Leave Entitlement
Paid leave depends on length and social security conditions
Region
LATAM
ABSENCE & LEAVE
Additional information
Annual leave
Across El Salvador, the holiday year runs from December 12 to December 12 in the following year. Employees get 15 days of paid annual leave after 1 year of service. Employees cannot carry over their leave, and employers cannot pay for any unused days. So workers are obliged to take all of their leave within the space of the 12 month period.
Sick leave
Sick leave and sick pay depend on an employee’s length of service, ranging from 75% of the basic salary for 20 days for new employees, to 75% of the basic salary for 60 days for employees who have been in their position for over a year. Women can take up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave – 6 weeks before the birth, and 10 weeks after.
Maternity and paternity leave
Maternity pay is covered by social security. Though there are no laws for shared parental leave, fathers can take 3 days of paternity leave at 100% of their regular pay, so long as they use the leave within 15 days of the child’s birth.