Holiday Pay Entitlement

Most workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday a year (known as statutory leave entitlement or annual leave).

This includes:

• agency workers
• workers with irregular hours
• workers on zero-hours contracts

An employer can include bank holidays as part of statutory annual leave.

Most workers who work a 5-day week must receive at least 28 days’ paid annual leave a year. This is the equivalent of 5.6 weeks of holiday.

Statutory paid holiday entitlement is limited to 28 days. For example, staff working 6 days a week are only entitled to 28 days’ paid holiday.

Working part-time

Part-time workers are entitled to at 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday pro-rated, amounting to lessthan 28 days.

Irregular hours

People working irregular hours (like shift workers or term-time workers) are entitled to paid time off for every hour they work.

Bank holidays

Bank or public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave.

An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a worker’s statutory annual leave.

If you feel you have not been given your holiday leave entitlement please contact us to discuss your options.