Holiday Entitlement

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...3.0 weeks.

If they started working before 1 October 2007, their holiday entitlement for the first year would be the proportion of a full year that they worked, times four weeks, plus the proportion of a full year that they worked after 1 October 2007 multiplied by 0.8 weeks. For example, a worker starts work on 3 September 2007, and their leave year ends on 31 December. Their holiday entitlement is (17 weeks ÷ 52) * 4 weeks = 1.31 weeks, plus (13 weeks ÷ 52 weeks) * 0.8 weeks = 0.2 weeks, giving a total...

...holiday entitlement of 1.51 weeks.


How do you calculate the holiday entitlement for someone who leaves an employer mid way through a leave year?

An online calculator is available on Business Link site which can calculate the holiday entitlement for those starting or leaving an employer part-way through a leave year.

If they left the employer after 1 October 2007, their holiday entitlement on leaving would be the proportion of a full leave year that they worked, multiplied by four weeks, plus the proportion of a full leave year they worked after 1 October 2007, multiplied by 0.8 weeks.

For example, a worker leaves an employer on 28 December 2007, and their leave year runs from 1 April to 31 March. Their holiday entitlement is four weeks’ times 39 weeks [the number of weeks from 1 April to 28 December] ÷ 52 = 3 weeks, plus 0.8 weeks times 13 weeks [the number of weeks from 1 October to 28 December] ÷ 52 weeks = 0.2 weeks, giving a total holiday entitlement of 3.2 weeks.

Any holiday they had already taken in the final leave year would then be subtracted from this total entitlement.


Does the additional holiday entitlement extend to agency workers?

Yes. All workers covered by... continued on page five >

 

 

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