Holiday Entitlement Calculator

Almost all workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday a year. For someone working five or more days a week this works out as 28 days, which is the statutory cap. To find the figure for any working pattern, multiply the days worked per week by 5.6, up to a maximum of 28 days.

Full-time staff working five or more days a week get 28 days. Part-time staff get a pro-rata share: for example, three days a week gives 16.8 days (3 × 5.6). Use the calculator above to work out your figure, including for starters, leavers and irregular-hours workers.

Take the full-year entitlement for the working pattern, then multiply by the proportion of the leave year the person is employed. Someone working five days a week who starts half way through the year is entitled to roughly 14 days (28 × 50%).

Since the April 2024 reform, irregular-hours and part-year workers accrue holiday at 12.07% of the hours they work. So 400 hours of work accrues about 48.3 hours of paid holiday. This rolled-up method keeps entitlement proportional to hours actually worked.

There is no automatic legal right to paid time off on bank holidays. An employer can include the eight UK bank holidays within the 5.6 weeks statutory minimum, or give them on top. Check your contract to see how yours treats them.