[placeboaffect]

Under Australian law, annual leave has to accrue so it can be paid out when the employee leaves. This isn't possible under an open vacation policy.

[msmithstubbs]

Seems like a solution would be to just have 4 weeks contracted leave which accrues. Then have an open policy on top of that which allows an employee to exceed 4 weeks per year.

[reitzensteinm]

Why on earth not? Accrue leave as normal, just allow the balance to go negative (or bottom out at zero). If it's positive when the employee leaves, pay them out.

[ceejayoz]

Sure it is. You accrue four weeks annually. If you take three weeks, you've got a week saved up. If you take five, you have none saved up.