Annual Leave Entitlement Calculator 2024/25
Calculate your statutory holiday entitlement for any working pattern — full-time, part-time, irregular hours, compressed hours or shift workers — including the April 2024 reforms.
Annual Leave Entitlement
2024/25 — based on statutory minimum 5.6 weeks. Includes April 2024 reforms for irregular hours workers.
Number of days you work each week (e.g. 5 for full-time, 3 for part-time)
Used to convert day entitlement to hours
Leave blank if you started before the leave year (1 April). Enter your start date to pro-rate your entitlement.
Check your contract — many employers include 8 bank holidays within the 28-day minimum
If your employer offers extra days above the statutory minimum, toggle on
5 Annual Leave Planning Tips
- You cannot waive the right to statutory holiday pay: Any contractual term that tries to give up statutory holiday entitlement is void. You are always entitled to at least 5.6 weeks.
- Part-time workers have the same entitlement on a pro-rata basis: A worker doing 3 days per week gets 5.6 × 3 = 16.8 days — it would be unlawful to give them fewer days than a full-time worker on a proportional basis.
- Carry-over is only allowed in exceptional circumstances: Unused statutory holiday can only be carried over if you were unable to take it due to illness, maternity, or where the employer failed to inform you of your entitlement.
- Bank holidays can be included in your 28 days:Many employers count bank holidays within the 28-day statutory entitlement. Check your contract — if it says "28 days including bank holidays" you only get 20 personal holidays.
- Zero-hours workers accrue holiday on every hour worked: From April 2024, the accrual rate is 12.07% of hours worked. Rolled-up holiday pay (paying 12.07% extra on each pay slip) is explicitly legal — but must be clearly identified on payslips.
UK Holiday Entitlement Rules 2024/25
The statutory minimum holiday entitlement is 5.6 weeks per year. For a standard 5-day full-time week that is 28 days, which includes the 8 UK bank holidays. Part-time workers receive the same 5.6 weeks on a pro-rata basis.
April 2024 Reforms
From 1 April 2024, new rules under the Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 apply to irregular hours and part-year workers. These workers now accrue holiday at 12.07% of actual hours worked per pay period. Rolled-up holiday pay — adding 12.07% to each pay slip rather than paying during leave — is now explicitly permitted.
Bank Holidays
There is no statutory right to take bank holidays on the actual bank holiday day — it depends on your contract. Bank holidays can be included in the 28-day minimum entitlement.