Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Holiday policy

  A model holiday policy to set out your organisation's rules on holiday entitlement.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form for employee to request holiday carry-over

  Updated to include information on new rules on holiday carry-over in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter declining holiday request

  A model letter declining a holiday request.

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  FAQs

  How should an employer compute a week's pay in relation to an employee's holiday pay entitlement?

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  FAQs

  Can unused statutory annual holiday be carried forward to the next holiday year?

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  FAQs

  Can an employee cancel a period of annual leave if they are unable to go on holiday due to the coronavirus outbreak?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does annual leave accrue during a period of lay-off or furlough?

• Date:

  26 February 2020

  Type:

  Case studies

  How Paddle introduced unlimited annual leave and unrestricted flexible working for all its employees

  Technology company Paddle talks to XpertHR about introducing unlimited paid annual leave and unrestricted flexible working for employees, how these radical policies work in practice and the positive impact they have had on the business.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Time off over Christmas and New Year

  We round up our resources that will help employers manage requests for time off during the festive season, when business needs may range from requiring a certain level of cover to shutting down operations. Our resources include research on employers' arrangements for work and rest over the Christmas and New Year period, to help you benchmark your organisation.

• Date:

  21 November 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  Long-term sick leave: Holiday carry-over limited to four weeks, confirms ECJ

  In TSN v Hyvinvointialan Liitto Ry; AKT v Satamaoperaattorit Ry, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that, in the absence of domestic legislation or collective agreements to the contrary, workers on sick leave are not entitled to carry over any paid annual leave over and above the EU minimum of four weeks.