Dean´s Directive No. 5/2026 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Title: Stipulating the Obligation to Take Annual Leave for Members of Academic Staff and Other Employees of the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, for the 2026 Calendar Year Pursuant to: Sections 211 to 223 of Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code Effective date: 15 June 2026 *========================================================================================= * Stipulating the Obligation to Take Annual Leave for Members of Academic Staff and Other Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, for the 2026 Calendar Year *========================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Art. 1: Introductory Provisions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In accordance with Sections 211 to 223 of Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code, as amen issue this Directive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Art. 2: General Rules for Taking Annual Leave for the 2026 Calendar Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.I hereby stipulate the obligation for members of academic staff and all other employees of Humanities, Charles University (hereinafter the “Faculty”) falling within the Dean’s authority to take annual leave as follows: a.Members of academic staff shall take at least 6 weeks of annual leave by 30 September remaining annual leave by 31 December 2026. b.Other employees shall take at least 3 weeks of annual leave by 30 September 2026 and t annual leave by 31 December 2026. c.Annual leave carried over from the previous year must be taken in full no later than 3 carry-over of annual leave entitlement to the following calendar year is possible for the extent of one week, i.e. 40 working hours, and only in exceptional cases. A reques over of annual leave shall be submitted via the employee’s superior on the relevant fo over of annual leave shall be decided by the Dean on the basis of a written request. d.The employee is obliged to plan the taking of annual leave so that, before the termina employment, it is taken to the maximum extent possible. 2.The taking of annual leave by an employee on maternity or parental leave shall be govern provisions of Section 217(5), Section 218(4), and Section 219(1) of Act No. 262/2006 Col Code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Art. 3: Rules for Taking Annual Leave in Respect of Externally Funded Research Projects fo Calendar Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.I hereby stipulate the obligation for employees who, in the current calendar year, have contracts or parts of their working time allocation in research and development projects external providers to take annual leave as follows: a.Researchers and all other employees shall take their entire annual leave entitlement f calendar year by 31 August 2026. For employees referred to in Article III, the provisi Article shall apply in preference to other provisions. b.Annual leave is to be taken by 31 August 2026. The carry-over of untaken annual leave in the cases provided for by the Labour Code. 2.Researchers and all other employees whose employment in research and development project external providers terminates earlier than 31 August 2026 shall take their annual leave termination of employment. 3.The obligations set out above apply to employees involved in projects of the Czech Scien (GA ČR), the Czech Health Research Council (AZV ČR), the Norway Grants, and other projec employment contracts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Art. 4: Rules for Taking Annual Leave under DPP and DPČ Agreements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Upon the conclusion of an agreement to perform a job (DPP) and an agreement to perform w entitlement to annual leave arises if the relationship established under one of the agre performed outside an employment relationship lasts for at least 4 weeks and the employee 80 hours in the calendar year. 2.The taking of annual leave is not included in the hours worked under agreements to perfo which the maximum is 300 hours per calendar year. For an agreement to perform work, this is internally set at 80 hours per month. For the calculation of the annual leave entitle Section 213 of the Labour Code, a notional weekly working time of 20 hours and the follo shall be used: (Number of full weeks worked / 52) × 20 hours × 5 weeks = annual leave en hours. For DPČ, the taking of annual leave is included in the limit for hours worked. 3.Upon the conclusion of an agreement to perform a job (DPP) and an agreement to perform w I stipulate the obligation to take annual leave so that, as of the date of termination o DPČ, all annual leave has been taken. If annual leave is not taken during the term of th relationship established by the DPP/DPČ, it shall be paid to the employee upon terminati employment relationship. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Art. 5: Final Provisions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.This Directive becomes valid on the date of signature. 2.This Directive takes effect on 15 June 2026. 3.As of the date on which this Directive takes effect, Dean’s Directive No. 2/2025 is here Prague, 11 June 2026 doc. Věra Sokolová, M.A., Ph.D. Dean