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Calculate your statutory annual leave entitlement under UK law for any working pattern.
Standard full-time workers working 5 days per week.
Your employer may offer more than the statutory minimum — check your contract. Bank holidays can be included in the 28-day statutory entitlement unless your contract says otherwise.
Part-time workers are entitled to the same holiday as full-time workers on a pro-rata basis.
Use your average over the past 52 weeks.
For workers with irregular hours, holiday entitlement is calculated at 12.07% of hours worked (5.6/46.4 weeks). From April 2024, the rolled-up holiday pay method can be used for irregular-hours workers.
Almost all workers in the UK are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday per year (known as statutory leave). For a full-time worker working 5 days per week, this equals 28 days including bank holidays.
Yes — employers can include bank holidays as part of the 28-day statutory entitlement. Whether this is the case depends on your employment contract. Some employers offer the 28 days plus bank holidays on top as an enhanced benefit.
Genuinely self-employed workers have no statutory right to paid holiday. However, if you are a worker (rather than an employee or self-employed contractor), you may still be entitled to holiday pay. HMRC's employment status rules determine your category.