How it’s worked out
- 5.6 weeks × 1 day a week = 5.6 days
- The employer can include bank and public holidays in it, and can round it up but never down.
- A contract can give more than this: that extra is contractual leave.
If they start part-way through the year
For a leave year starting 1 January, someone who works 1 day a week and starts on the first of the month gets:
| Starts on | Holiday for the rest of the year |
|---|---|
| 1 January | 5.6 days |
| 1 February | 5.5 days |
| 1 March | 5 days |
| 1 April | 4.5 days |
| 1 May | 4 days |
| 1 June | 3.5 days |
| 1 July | 3 days |
| 1 August | 2.5 days |
| 1 September | 2 days |
| 1 October | 1.5 days |
| 1 November | 1 day |
| 1 December | 0.5 days |
Rounded up to the nearest half day, as the law allows. In their first year it builds up month by month.
The same in hours
If their days are the same length every time, their year’s holiday in hours is:
| Hours a day | Holiday a year |
|---|---|
| 4 | 22.4 hours |
| 6 | 33.6 hours |
| 7.5 | 42 hours |
| 8 | 44.8 hours |
Starting, leaving or part-time hours?
Our free calculator works it out for any dates, shows its working, and is set up for 1 day a week.
From GOV.UK’s holiday entitlement rules, as our calculator applies them. Bank holidays can be included in the 5.6 weeks. A contract can give more. This is guidance, not legal advice. Read the full guide to annual leave.
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