Leave Policy Pack — EU/US/LatAm

Vacation policy for 7 countries, in numbers, with the sources — configure yours in an afternoon

Leave trackers meter $1.35–4 per user per month and still hand you an empty policy config screen. This pack is the part they don't sell: the statutory vacation numbers for Germany, UK, France, Spain, US, Brazil and Mexico — every figure linked to its source with a verification date — plus an accrual calculator (CLI, browser and Google Sheets), a working .ics calendar sync script, and the approval + annual-review SOPs. Starter templates compiled from official public sources — not legal advice, and the pack says so on every page. $42 once — no subscription.

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VERIFIED = read from the primary official source on the check date · CITED = statutory citation compiled, re-verify before rollout

What's inside the pack

One zip, 22 files: the policy briefings, the same numbers as machine-readable config, calculators that run offline, a real calendar script, and the SOPs — plain files you own, working with whatever tracker you already run.

Policy briefings

7 countries × 1 page each

At-a-glance table, the rule in numbers, three worked examples (mid-year hire, untaken days, tenure step-up), the common misconfigurations, and every number linked to its source — statute text or government page, with the date it was checked.

Machine config

policies.json — same numbers as data

Quota, accrual kind, carry-over deadline, pay-in-lieu rule, notice, sources[] and a verification flag per country. Paste it into your HR tool's import or your own scripts — the calculators read the same values, so nothing drifts.

Accrual calculator

CLI + browser + Google Sheets

Monthly pro-rata, the German six-month rule, UK 12.07%-of-hours, the Mexico ladder and the Brazil ⅓ bonus — computed, not guessed. The CLI and the page both ship an offline self-test (44 checks) so you verify before you trust.

Calendar sync

A .ics script that actually runs

Generates a real RFC 5545 calendar: your approved leave requests plus the policy-cycle dates (quota reset, Germany's 31-March deadline, the annual review checkpoint). Imports into Google Calendar and Outlook via their own official channels. Self-test: 52 checks.

Approval SOP

The 15-minute weekly loop

Request → written approval → calendar → balance closed. With the country checks that matter at approval time: Mexico's 12-day block, Brazil's 14-day split rule, Germany's deadline risk zone, UK's hours-based balances.

Annual review

Laws move — the pack keeps dates

Every file carries a template review date, and the yearly SOP re-verifies all seven country tables against the primary sources in 60 minutes. Mexico restructured in 2023, Brazil tightened notice in 2025 — staleness is the real risk, and it is managed.

What this pack does not do

Not legal advice. Starter templates compiled from public official sources — EUR-Lex, gesetze-im-internet, gov.uk, BLS, LFT/CLT texts and employment-law publications. No compliance sign-off, no attorney relationship. Every file says so, and the build literally fails if a file claims otherwise.

Not another tracker. There is no dashboard, no per-user meter, nothing to log into. Files you own that configure the tracker you already have — or the included Google Sheets template. Sick leave and shift scheduling are deliberately out of scope.

Not every number is primary-source verified — and it says which are. Each country briefing is labeled: VERIFIED (read from the official source on 2026-09-20) or CITED (statutory citation compiled from the law text and employment-law sources — re-verify before rollout). Hidden confidence is how bad policies ship; this pack trades swagger for dates.

How you'll use it

About 30 minutes per country from zip to a configured, sourced policy — then 15 minutes a week to run it.

Day 1 — verify & read

Run the self-tests, read your countries

Two commands prove the tools offline (no API keys, nothing to install). Then one page per country you employ in: the minimum, the accrual shape, the deadline that bites, and what counsel should double-check.

Day 1 — configure

Feed your tracker or the sheet

Type the numbers into BambooHR / your tracker / the included Google Sheets template — the briefings map 1:1 to their policy fields, and the calculator answers the awkward cases (tenure steps, hours-based accrual, the ⅓ bonus).

Week 1 and every week

Run the loop, sync the calendar

Approvals in writing, approved rows into the requests CSV, one command rebuilds the team calendar (Google/Outlook official import), balances close in the sheet. Every October: the 60-minute annual review, triggered by the calendar itself.

The metered market — and the one-time layer it skips

Published pricing of the leave-tracker category, checked 2026-09-20. Every platform meters per user, per month — and locks accruals to the higher plan.

ToolPublished priceThe catchPer-country policy templates
Vacation Tracker$2–4/user/mo · monthly minimums $25/$75 (accruals only on Complete)accrual knowledge is your job; 15-person team ≈ $75/mo
Timetastic£1.20–2/user/mo (accruals on Pro) · rota add-on £4UK-shaped defaults; other countries are DIY
Calamari€2.5/user/mo time-off · 10-seat minimum5 UI languages, but no policy values inside
LeaveBoardfree ≤9 people · $1.35/user/mo abovethe free tier stops exactly where multi-country starts
Leave Policy Pack$42 once — no subscription7 countries with sources & verification dates + calculators + calendar script + SOPs7/7 included — DE · UK · FR · ES · US · BR · MX

Competitor figures are their published prices (vacationtracker.io/pricing, timetastic.co.uk/pricing, calamari.io/pricing, leaveboard.com/pricing), verified 2026-09-20; subscriptions change often, check before you buy anything. The pack is not a tracker and does not replace one — it is the knowledge layer you configure them with, one-time, on files you own.

One price. You own the knowledge.

No seat minimum, no per-user meter, no plan where the accrual brain is locked — buy it once, configure anything with it.

$42 one-time payment

≈ ฿1,490

  • 7 country policy briefings — every number sourced & dated
  • Accrual calculator — CLI + browser + Google Sheets (self-testing)
  • .ics calendar sync script + approval SOP (official channels only)
  • Annual review SOP · free updates v1.x · 14-day full refund

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Frequently asked questions

Is this another leave tracker?

No — and that is the point. Trackers meter $1.35–4 per user per month and still hand you an empty policy config. This pack is the knowledge layer you type into them: 7 country briefings with sourced numbers, calculators, a calendar script and SOPs, as files you own for $42 once. Keep whatever tracker you already run.

Which countries are covered?

Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain, United States, Brazil and Mexico — the seven where the statutory rules are public, concrete and most commonly mixed in one remote team. Each has a one-page briefing, a machine-readable config and its own worked examples. More countries are roadmap, not v1.

Are the numbers verified?

Honestly labeled, per country: Germany, the UK and the US tables were read directly from the primary official sources (gesetze-im-internet.de, gov.uk, bls.gov) on 2026-09-20 — marked VERIFIED. France, Spain, Brazil and Mexico carry the statutory citation compiled from the law text and established employment-law sources — marked CITED, with re-verification before rollout as the documented step (and counsel as the real gate). Every file carries the review date either way.

Is this legal advice?

No — explicitly. It is a set of starter templates compiled from public official sources, with sources and dates so a lawyer can verify them fast. It creates no attorney-client relationship and no compliance sign-off. The intended flow: you configure from the pack, then counsel in each jurisdiction signs off. The build fails if any file claims otherwise.

Do I need to code? What happens when laws change?

You need a terminal for two commands (both self-tests run offline, Python 3.8+, nothing to install) — or use the browser calculator and the Sheets template without any terminal. When laws change, the annual-review SOP walks a 60-minute re-verification of all seven tables against the primary sources, and the calendar reminds you every October. Version 1.x updates are free.

What is the refund policy?

If the pack doesn't fit how you work, write to us within 14 days of purchase and we refund in full — the files are yours to keep or delete. One refund per purchase; we only ask for optional feedback.

Set the policy once — with the law cited, in every country you hire

$42 one-time · ≈ ฿1,490 · free updates v1.x · instant download

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