Thanks for the answer <| sep |> In Russia it ' s 28 days for all fulltime workers more than dozen bank holidays 3 days if you can be asked to work more than 40 hrs per week overtime should be paid , but usually doesn ' t happen , so it ' s a common thing to work more than 40 hrs per week sick days are not paid by an employer but if you go to a doctor it ' s free and document your sickness then you ' re paid by social security less than 100 %, depends on different conditions . Bonuses of a good employer my employer gives me 5 more days because I work for more than 5 years it covers a difference between social security payments and my salary for a month in a year . Basically , I have a month of paid sick leave days if I go to a doctor every time when I feel bad . Those are not workdays , you ' re paid your average salary for the last 6 months . The calculation might be tricky but to put it simple if you want to take a week out you should either take 7 days and have a full check or take 5 days and have ~ 57 of your regular wage for the week . Unlike americans , we can carryforward unused days every year . If there are days from the last year at the end of the current they should be paid out as if you took them . And that ' s why Russia is poor . Nobody works , everybody is paid