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Consultation on increasing holiday entitlement

The government proposes to extend the current statutory holiday entitlement to include permanent bank and public holidays and has launched a public consultation on the issue.

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, which implement the EU Working Time Directive (93/104/EC - EIRR 297 p.24), employees are entitled to four weeks' paid holiday each year.