There are different types of leave.
In order to allow employees to rest, and to compensate for the fatigue often created by work, the legislator has provided for paid annual holiday, which comes under the category "ordinary leave".
Special leave for personal reasons, which is awarded for certain significant events in the employee’s private life has been provided chiefly to allow employees to maintain the best possible balance between their family life and their professional life.
There are 11 days of statutory public holidays.