Annual Leave Entitlement

The law tells us the minimum annual leave we must give to those we employ.

Since 1 April 2009, employers must give their employees 5.6 weeks paid holiday each year. The holiday entitlement is pro-rata for part-time staff. For instance if an employee works 22 hours a week then they will be entitled to 22 (number of hours worked) x 5.6 (weeks they are legally entitled to) so they would get 5.6 weeks or 123.2 hours Annual Leave each year.

Public holidays include bank holidays, common law holidays and holidays by royal announcement.

If Christmas and New Year public holidays fall at a weekend, other week days are declared public holidays.

Paid time off does not legally have to be given for public holidays, and if it is it can be included in the Annual Leave entitlement.

For more information click here to go to the Business Link website.

Your employer can start the holiday year at any time. It could be the day that your employee starts or you could have a fixed annual leave year. The Business Link website has an interactive tool to help calculate the Annual leave which you are entitled to. To go to the Interactive tool on the Business Link website click here.

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