Where I live taking all your days is mandatory, by law. The company gets punished if you don’t, so the HR guys actually remind you to do it. There is a small flexibility (you can take part of your days in next year Q1) but you cannot swap your days for money, nor ‘give them’ to another employee.

Did I mention we have 25 workdays of paid vacation, by the way? ;)

No, we would still need evidence.

Because of that ‘innocent until caught’ and ‘due process’ things you may had heard about.

Note: a credible testimony IS evidence, although it must be a little bit beyond the simple ‘trust me’ stuff.