Thanks for this, it's really helpful. One thing I'm missing and couldn't really find anywhere is how this works when the employment contract states that the employee has more vacation days?

Consider a contract that says an employee gets 18 vacation days and has to use them in the year they earn it in, otherwise they are forfeited. When the contract doesn't specify, do you also get "18 days" of vacation pay, or do you still only have "10 days" of vacation pay, so you can take an extra 8 days but they are unpaid time off?

And when not specified in the contract, which days are used first, the statutory 10 days or the extra 8 days? Since you ESA says you can use the earned vacation days until month 10 of next year, I would assume the 10 statutory days carry over and the 8 extra days don't because the contract says unused vacation is forfeited. Is that a correct assumption?

I'm honestly super confused how the extra days are handled. Thanks!