Business owners are reminded that they should ensure that their employees’ (or their own) holiday entitlement has been correctly calculated, especially as many employees’ entitlement may need to be increased due to a change in the minimum holiday entitlement, which takes effect later this year.
The current minimum statutory holiday entitlement is 4.8 weeks (24 days per annum for an employee working a normal 5 day week). This entitlement has applied since 1 October 2007 and is inclusive of Statutory Bank Holidays.
A further increase in entitlement from 4.8 weeks to 5.6 weeks (28 days per annum) applies from 1 April 2009.
Where the holiday year end is not 31 March, then employers must pro-rate the entitlement.
For example for an employee working a normal 5 day week with a year end of 31 December 2009 then their minimum holiday entitlement would be:
3 months x 4.8 weeks = 6
9 months x 5.6 weeks = 21
Total entitlement = 27 days
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