Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Holiday policy

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form for an employee to request to carry over holiday

  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

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to an employee who has requested to cancel or rearrange their holiday

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

• Type:

  How to

  How to manage bank holidays

  Updated to reflect that the holiday pay reference period has changed for workers without normal working hours, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Date:

  3 April 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  April 2020: Employment law changes

  We round up our key content on April employment law changes.

• Type:

  FAQs

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

• Type:

  FAQs

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

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Right to carry over statutory annual leave for two years introduced

  Working time rules on carrying over annual leave relaxed to support key industries during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Date:

  30 March 2020

  Type:

  News

  Workers will be able to carry over annual leave for two years

  Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement this year due to the coronavirus will be able to carry it over into the next two leave years, the Government has announced.