Know how much holiday to give your staff

Introduction

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998 most workers are entitled to paid holidays or annual leave.

A worker is entitled to holiday from their first day of employment and the entitlement is four weeks annually. Pay is based on a normal week's pay. Part-time workers are entitled to the same holidays as full-time workers but this is calculated on a pro rata basis.

This guide explains how to calculate payment for holiday and how you may treat public and bank holidays and requests for unpaid leave. It also sets out the notice required to take holiday or to impose holiday restrictions. Finally, the guide describes how to pay leavers for untaken holiday.

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• Payment for leave
• Public and Bank Holidays
• Restrictions and notice
• Statutory holiday entitlement
• Leave and termination of employment