How Long Can an Official Take Unpaid Leave?

Article 13 of the Public Employees Law 2010 stipulates the rights of public employees regarding rest as follows:

- Public employees are entitled to annual leave, holidays, and personal leave in accordance with labor laws. If, due to work requirements, a public employee cannot take or does not take the full number of annual leave days, they will be compensated with a sum of money for the unused days.

- Public employees working in mountainous areas, border regions, islands, remote areas, or other special cases, if requested, may combine the number of leave days of 02 years to take at once; if combining the leave days of 03 years to take at once, the consent of the head of the public service provider is required.

- In specific public service fields, public employees are entitled to leave and receive pay according to the provisions of the law.

- Public employees are entitled to unpaid leave in cases of valid reasons and with the consent of the head of the public service provider.

According to the aforementioned provisions, public employees are entitled to unpaid leave in cases of valid reasons and with the consent of the head of the public service provider.

Furthermore, there is no regulation limiting the duration of unpaid leave for public employees.

Therefore, in your case, you may take unpaid leave until after the Tet holiday if you have a valid reason and obtain the consent of the head of the public service provider.

Sincerely!