Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
The statutory holiday entitlement increased on 1st April from 4.8 weeks to 5.6 weeks.
It means that an employee who works a five-day week is now entitled to 28 days annual leave. The entitlement includes bank holidays so the change will make no difference to employers who already give four weeks annual leave plus bank holidays. Those who do not, however, will need to make adjustments.
Part-time workers have the same holiday entitlement on a pro rata basis – that is, 5.6 times their normal working week.
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