Judgment_paragraph 77 · QH v Varhoven kasatsionen sad na Republika Bulgaria and CV v Iccrea Banca SpA (C-762/18, C-37/19)

77It should be borne in mind that it is for employers to ensure that workers are given the opportunity to exercise the right to annual leave (see, to that effect, judgment of 6 November 2018, Kreuziger, C‑619/16, EU:C:2018:872, paragraph 51 and the case-law cited). In that regard, unlike in a situation of accumulation of entitlement to paid annual leave by a worker who was unfit for work due to sickness, an employer that does not allow a worker to exercise his or her right to paid annual leave must bear the consequences (judgment of 29 November 2017, King, C‑214/16, EU:C:2017:914, paragraph 63).