Holiday Entitlement Calculator
Calculate how much annual leave your employee is entitled to across the holiday year with our free holiday entitlement calculator.
Who is entitled to annual leave?
Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, all workers, including employees, are entitled to statutory annual leave. This entitlement applies to various types of workers, including full-time employees, part-time employees, and even those designated as "workers," such as casual staff.
What about irregular hours workers?
Holiday entitlement can work differently for irregular hours and part-year workers, including those whose hours change regularly. Depending on the worker's circumstances and contractual arrangements, different methods of calculating holiday entitlement may apply.
This calculator is designed for regular hours workers and shouldn't be used to calculate holiday entitlement for irregular hours or part-year workers.
For help understanding which calculation applies, read our guide or speak to one of our employment law experts for advice.
How to calculate annual leave entitlement
The minimum statutory number of paid holidays for employees in the UK is 5.6 weeks.
This works out at 28 days of paid leave per year for full-time workers Calculated as 5 days × 5.6 weeks
For part-time employees on regular hours, this number is calculated on a pro-rata basis
For example, if an employee works 3 days per week, 3 days x 5.6 weeks = 16.8 days per year
Offering extra holiday entitlement
If you wish to offer your employees more than the legal minimum of annual leave, you can. There are no rules to prevent an employer from providing additional leave. What you choose to do and how you do it should be detailed in your employment contracts.
For further advice on annual leave entitlements in the UK and how to manage them, call the employment law advice line.
Are bank holidays included with statutory leave entitlement?
You have the choice to include bank holidays as part of your employees' statutory holiday entitlement. There is no legal requirement to offer your employees a paid day off on a bank holiday. However, if you choose not to, you must still provide 28 days of statutory holiday entitlement or the pro-rata equivalent for part-time workers.
If you do plan to include this as part of their entitlement, it's important to note that bank holidays differ across the UK. With Scotland and Northern Ireland having more bank holidays than England and Wales.
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