%0 Journal Article %T Holiday entitlement of librarians who are not academic teachers %A Gredka, Iwona %J Santander Art and Culture Law Review %V 2015 %R 10.4467/2450050XSR.15.007.3775 %N 1/2015 (1) %P 201-222 %K Law on higher education, holiday entitlement, librarian %@ 2391-7997 %D 2015 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/saaclr/article/wymiar-urlopu-wypoczynkowego-bibliotekarzy-niebedacych-nauczycielami-akademickimi %X The misinterpretation of the provisions of Article 264 section 7 of the Act of 27th July 2005 – Law on Higher Education resulted in the unlawful attribution to librarians who are not academic teachers of an entitlement to annual leave of 36 days, whilst a proper interpretation of the same Article reads that library staff as well as workers employed as library curators, senior librarians and senior documentalists are entitled to 26 days of annual leave. This interpretation, however, encountered criticism from the librarian community. Nevertheless, pursuant to the applicable law in Poland, as of 1st September 2005 librarians who are not academic teachers are not entitled to annual leave of 36 days and their entire holiday entitlement is 26 days.