Last updated on January 20, 2025.

Paid Time Off (PTO) in Angola

Vacation (Annual Leave) Quota

22 days

Workers in Angola earn 22 days of paid vacation per year. During your first year of work, employees earn two vacation days for each full month their work, with a minimum of six days total. Employees typically earn their full 22 days of vacation after the first year of work.

Entitlement for vacation leave is separate from other types of rest.Therefore, vacation days are not counted in public holidays, any regular weekly days off, or additional rest periods provided. Employees are expected to really take a break during their vacation and not use it to participate in other paid work unless that work was already being done alongside their primary job. Double-dipping is not allowed.

Days of vacation are earned on January 1st and must be used by December 31st of the given year. A female employee who has a child under 14 gets an extra day of leave per child. Special regulations may apply to employees who have families abroad. Everyone receives a bonus equal to half their monthly salary before their vacation starts.

Carry Over

Employees should use their vacation days within the same calendar year they earn it. However, they can ask to use some or all of it in the first three months of the following year if their employer agrees.

PTO Payout at the Termination

When employment ends, employees must be paid for any unused vacation days from the current year. They also receive payment for vacation leave calculated at two days per month worked since January 1st. However, if an employee leaves his or her job before completing the first year, he or she will only be paid for two days of vacation for each full month of work since they started.

Sick Leave in Angola

2 months of fully paid leave; after that half-paid. Covered by Social Security.

Employees who work for a medium or large company and are sick or injured can take time off work and still get paid, as long as they provide a doctor’s note to their employer. They are guaranteed to have authorized leave by providing a doctor’s note.

Payout

For the first two months, employees who work in medium or large companies shall receive their full regular salary. After that, your employer will pay them half of their salary for up to a year, until the social security system takes over these payments. Employees who work for a smaller company are bound to receive payments from the employer, who will pay half of their regular salary during the first 90 days of sick leave.

Leave due to an Accident, Illness, or for Care

Employees in Angola are entitled to leave from work to help family members who need urgent care:

• For a child over 10, spouse, grandparent, or parent: Up to 3 days per month, with a maximum of 12 days per year.

• For a child, adopted, or stepchild under 10 years old: Up to 24 days per year.

This type of family leave is paid according to Angola leave laws. However, if an employee is already receiving insurance or social security benefits, he or she may not be entitled to this payment.

Maternity and Paternity Leave

New Provisions for Maternity and Paternity Leave

Angola’s new labor law took effect on March 26, 2024, and made some significant updates on conditions of work, among them on both maternity and paternity leave.

Although mothers still receive 3 months of paid maternity leave, for high-risk pregnancies, now there’s up to 180 days of paid leave before the maternity leave starts.

An employee who becomes a father now gets 7 days of unpaid paternity leave, on top of 1 day of paid leave they already had.

Maternity Leave in Angola

3 months

Employees in Angola are entitled to 3 months of paid maternity leave, with an additional 180 days for high-risk pregnancies.

Maternity leave begins four weeks before the anticipated due date (eight weeks for multiple births). After the baby is born, mothers get another 9 weeks of leave. These 4 weeks before the births and 9 weeks are guaranteed by law.

If the baby arrives later than expected, maternity leave is prolonged in a way that the mother always gets at least nine weeks of leave after the birth.

Payout

A payment that mothers receive during their leave is based on their earnings over the six months before the beginning of the leave. In order to be entitled to this maternity pay, an employee must have contributed to the system of Social Security for at least 6 months.

Although employers initially cover maternity pay, later they get reimbursed for these payments through the Social Security Fund.

Paternity Leave in Angola

1 day of paid leave + 7 days of unpaid leave

Fathers in Angola, around the time of their child’s birth, shall receive 1 day of paid leave, and according to the new law, an additional 7 unpaid days.

Parental Leave in Angola

4 weeks

After the regular 13 weeks of maternity leave are over, mothers can request an extra 4 weeks of unpaid leave to care for their newborn. However, this additional leave requires the employer’s agreement.

Family Support Leave 

8 days

Employees may take up to 8 days of paid family leave per year. They must ask for their employer’s consent.

Bereavement Leave in Angola

8 days

Employees are entitled to eight days off, in the case of the death of a spouse or persons that are proven to live with the employee in union or death of parents and children. They are also entitled to four working days off, in the case of the death of grandparents, in-laws, siblings, grandchildren, sons, and daughters.

Employees are entitled to two days off in the case of any person or uncles that are proven to live in communion tables and housing to the worker.

If the funeral takes place at a distance from the center of the work, the employee is still entitled to the time necessary for the journey without pay.

Jury Duty Leave in Angola

The judicial, military, police, or others with similar statutory powers to determine the appearance of the work or in which the worker must perform the acts that constitute a legal obligation to justify the absence, are required to provide this, evidence detailed fit and, in particular, the location, date and time of the show to be presented to the employer.

Military Leave in Angola

In the case of absences for compulsory military law, the employer is obliged to pay the salary corresponding to the absence, up to two days per month, but not for more than 15 days per year

Voting Leave in Angola

Voting leave is not specified by leave laws of Angola.

Public Holidays in Angola for 2024

Sources

1. Local Laws & Regulations, https://www.atlashxm.com/en/countries/angola

2. Payroll and Benefits Guide Angola, https://www.papayaglobal.com/countrypedia/country/angola/

3. Definitive Guide to Hiring in Angola, https://www.globalexpansion.com/countrypedia/Angola

4. Angola: Significant changes to labor law, https://www.wtwco.com/en-nl/insights/2024/02/angola-significant-changes-to-labor-law

5. General Labor Law of Angola, http://www.parliament.am/library/ashxatanqayinorensgreqer/ANGOLA.pdf

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