Absences due to national defence activities

Military service and Military civil service

The conscription call day is a paid holiday. An employee must apply for unpaid leave or use holidays in order to participate in voluntary exercise training.

A leave of absence due to Military service and Military civil service is unpaid leave of absence, but the conscription call day is a paid holiday.

Do this:

1. Inform your supervisor of future absences and agree on any practical arrangements.
2. Request leave of absence via Workday, where supervisor approves it.
   • Choose: Long term Leave of Absence > Military service tai Military Civil Service.

Refresher training exercises

Absence due to refresher training exercises, Military civil service’s supplementary service or in a National defence course are partly paid, the paid reservist’s pay or equivalent compensation is deducted from normal salary. However, no deduction is made from the salary if the employee participates in a refresher exercise during his annual leave or the employee belongs to the total working hour system and the participation in the exercise takes place outside the total working time of 1612 h/y.

To calculate the deduction, Aalto payroll will need the detailed statement for the salary paid by Finnish Defence Forces (reservist's pay).

Leave due to voluntary military active leave is unpaid. Employee ca choose to use their possible annual leave or request upaid leave.

Do this:

1. Inform your supervisor of future absences and agree on any practical arrangements.
2. Request leave of absence via Workday, where supervisor approves it.
   • If you receive reservist's pay or equivalent, choose: Short term > Refresher course
   • If you do not receive reservist pay, choose Short term leave > Personal reason without pay or use annual leave.
3. After the course please submit the detailed salary statement to [email protected]