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UK holiday entitlement calculator
Most UK workers get 5.6 weeks' paid holiday a year. For irregular-hours and part-year staff it accrues at 12.07% of hours worked. Work out either below.
Statutory holiday entitlement
28
days per year (5.6 weeks; may include bank holidays)
Indicative guide based on GOV.UK statutory rules (5.6 weeks; 12.07% accrual for irregular-hours and part-year workers, leave years from 1 April 2024). Your contract may be more generous. Not legal advice. WagePilot tracks each person's balance automatically.
How UK holiday entitlement works
Almost all UK workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday a year: that's 28 days for someone working five days a week, and it can include bank holidays (GOV.UK). Part-time staff get the same 5.6 weeks, applied pro-rata to the days they work.
For irregular-hours and part-year workers (think zero-hours bar staff or seasonal housekeepers) holiday accrues at 12.07% of the hours they actually work, for leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024 (the 2024 Working Time Regulations reform). So for every 10 hours worked, about 1.2 hours of paid holiday is earned.
Keeping track of this by hand, per person, is exactly the kind of admin WagePilot removes: holiday balances and accrual update automatically as people work, and requests land in one approval inbox with a rota-clash warning.
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