Vacation with school-age children – what does labor law say?

Spring is here. Not long, then summer awaits us and with it the great annual vacation for many.

Vacation with school-age children / Image: altanaka / Shutterstock

Parents of school-age children are dependent on the official school holidays if they want to go on holiday with the whole family. In practice, it often looks like that employees with children are given priority when planning their vacation when it comes to being able to take vacation during the school holidays.

Employees without children often have to back off and plan their vacation outside of the holiday season. But what if employees with and without children cannot agree among themselves? Parents actually have priority on the part of the legislature with regard to their vacation wishes?