I work as an English teacher in Spain for a English language academy. In Spain, in the world of education it's usual to get a “fijo discontinuo” contract where you work during the school months and in summer you don't. You don't get paid for the summer months that you aren't working but by contract they have to “re-hire” you back in September.
This kind of contract allows to ask for unemployment through those summer months that you aren't working. And you are also given a severance pay whenever you finish your scheduled months, as retribution for the time off and holidays (if you don't get them) you are legally eligible for according to the Spanish laws.
As a teacher I'm usually scheduled from Monday to Friday. But my boss told me that I was not gonna get my severance payment, because I already enjoyed the time-off and holidays throughout the course. When I asked what did he mean, since I didn't get any time off, he answered that the weekends count as holidays.
Is this even a legal loop or is my boss stealing my wage?