FAQs

All items: Relationship with family-friendly leave

Where an employee cannot take all their accrued statutory holiday due to maternity leave, must they be allowed to carry it over?

Updated to reflect legislation in force from 1 January 2024 confirming that annual leave that cannot be taken due to maternity leave can be carried forward.
Can employees carry over unused statutory annual leave to the next holiday year?

Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming the circumstances in which annual leave can be carried forward.
Do employees continue to accrue annual leave during a period of shared parental leave?
Are employers required to provide pay or time off in lieu of bank holidays that coincide with a period of shared parental leave?
Do employees on adoption leave continue to accrue holiday during this period?
If an employee does not return from adoption leave, does the employer have to pay in lieu of the annual leave accrued during the leave?
Can employees postpone their return to work after maternity leave because they are breastfeeding?
Do employees on maternity leave continue to accrue holiday during this period?
Where an employee takes annual leave prior to their maternity leave, but gives birth early, will their maternity leave still start after the period of annual leave?
Can an employee take a period of paid holiday in between their ordinary maternity leave and additional maternity leave?

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Frequently asked questions and answers on the relationship between annual leave and family-friendly leave.