# Annual Leave Saudi Labor Law 2026 — 21 Days, 30 After 5 Years

Source page: https://valem.run/calculators/saudi-arabia/holiday-entitlement

Under article 109 of the Saudi Labour Law a worker is entitled to at least 21 days of paid annual leave, rising to at least 30 days after five consecutive years with the same employer. For a part year, article 111 gives leave pay in proportion to the time spent at work, so six months at 21 days is 10.5.

**Tax year:** 2026

## How it is calculated

*"A worker shall be entitled to a prepaid annual leave of not less than 21 days, to be increased to a period of not less than 30 days if the worker spends five consecutive years in the service of the employer."* Two figures and one boundary: **21 days, then 30 from the fifth completed year**.

**The word that matters is "consecutive".** The 30 days attach to five years in the service of *the* employer, so moving jobs restarts the count — someone with ten years in the Kingdom but two with their current employer is back on 21. Both figures are minimums, and many contracts give more.

**A part year is proportional.** Article 111 entitles a worker who leaves without using the leave to pay for it, *"for the parts of the year in proportion to the part he spent at work"*. The calculator applies that proportion by months: 21 × 6 ÷ 12 = 10.5 days.

**Days are applied as working days.** The law does not say which kind of day; HRSD has historically read annual leave as working days, and the standard contract template introduced with the 2025 amendments says so. Those amendments left articles 109–111 unchanged. Eid and other official holidays are separate (art. 112).

## Worked example

With Consecutive years with this employer of 2, this model computes Days Entitled of 21.

## Inputs

| Name | Label | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `serviceYears` | Consecutive years with this employer | number |
| `monthsWorked` | Months worked in this leave year | number |
| `daysTaken` | Days already taken | number |

## Sources

- [Labour Law (Royal Decree M/51), arts. 109 and 111 — annual leave of 21 days, 30 after five consecutive years, and leave pay for part of a year in proportion to time at work (HRSD English text)](https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/sites/default/files/2023-02/Labor.pdf) (checked 2026-10-12)
- [Clyde & Co, “KSA Labour Law amendments series: Part 2 — leave entitlements” (7 April 2025) — corroboration that the 2025 amendments left the annual-leave provisions unchanged](https://www.clydeco.com/en/insights/2025/04/ksa-labour-law-amendments-leave-entitlement) (checked 2026-10-12)

## What this page claims

The Valem engine reproduces this model's formula through 8 self-test cases. That shows internal consistency, not that the formula matches current law; the cited sources are the evidence for that. Estimate, not tax advice.

## For agents

- Model manifest (formula, constants, test vectors): https://valem.run/calculators/saudi-arabia/holiday-entitlement.json
- Compute by URL: https://valem.run/calculators/saudi-arabia/holiday-entitlement.json?serviceYears=2
- MCP: https://valem.run/mcp/calculators (call `calculate` with calculator `saudi-arabia/holiday-entitlement`)