Employees minimum annual holiday entitlement
is increasing from 1 October 2007. The holiday
entitlement will increase to 4.8 weeks (24
days if employees work a five day week) from
1 October 2007 and to 5.6 weeks (28 days
if employees work a five day week) from 1
April 2009. These entitlements will be pro-rated
for those employees who work part time. The
increased entitlements include bank holidays,
so if you or your employees already receive
24 days inclusive of bank holidays there
will be no additional entitlement.
To help employers calculate their employees’ new
entitlement an easy to use tool is available
on the Business Link website. An ready reckoner
table is also available for more straightforward
cases.
Under the rules for the introduction of the
new entitlement employers may pay employees
for the additional holiday entitlement (the
additional 0.8 weeks or 4 days) until 1 April
2009. This is a temporary measure to ease the
transition.
These proposals relate to England, Wales and
Scotland. The Department for Employment and
Learning in Northern Ireland are in the process
of making proposals for Northern Ireland.
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