MogilevNEWS.by 06.10.2026 Ten employees of one of the industrial enterprises in the Mogilev region received an additional day of incentive leave, which they were entitled to by law, but had not been granted in practice. The violation was identified by the labor law inspector of the Mogilev regional organization of the trade union of workers in the industrial sectors "Belprommash", Polina Teterova, during the monitoring of labor legislation.

She analyzed the terms of the contracts and discovered a systemic gap: employees were only provided with 24 calendar days of basic leave. Meanwhile, for those who work under a contract, the law provides for an additional incentive leave of up to five calendar days with preservation of average earnings (as stipulated in Article 261-2 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Belarus).

The law directly prescribes the inclusion of additional incentive leave in the contract. For the employee, this is a guaranteed day of rest, and it should be provided by default. We, on our part, monitor that the norm recorded on paper actually works for each employee, emphasizes Polina Teterova.

The trade union studied each document and sent the employer a representation to eliminate the violations. The response was immediate: after the investigation, 10 employees were granted an additional day of incentive leave with preservation of average earnings.