UK Annual Leave Guide

Our UK annual leave guide sets out how to calculate the leave your employees are entitled to - including zero-hours and casual workers - as well as how to calculate and pay annual leave. There’s more great stuff in there, but you’ll have to download the guide to find it all!

Legally, almost all individuals classed as workers in the UK are entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday a year. This is what’s known as statutory leave entitlement, or annual leave. Those classed as workers include agency workers, workers with irregular working hours and those on zero-hours contracts. Bank holidays can be included as part of statutory annual leave, should an employer choose to do so.

Yes, our annual leave guide is completely free to download. It will serve as a valuable resource to have close to hand for all things leave and absences, as a refresher for when new starters join your organisation, or when updating the annual leave entitlement for existing employees.

You can find a whole section dedicated to managing leave and absences in the UK using PayFit, as well as a blog section with articles and advice on the subject, including a piece on maternity leave specifically.