Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

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  FAQs

  Does an employer have to pay holiday pay to its casual workers?

  Updated to reflect the new method of calculating holiday entitlement for irregular hours workers for holiday years beginning on or after 1 April 2024.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Effective annual leave management: Business benefits

  Enhanced by creating three separate guides on managing annual leave effectively, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide focuses on how employers can use annual leave to benefit employee wellbeing and improve business efficacy.

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  Legal timetable

  Holiday entitlement for irregular hours workers and part-year workers calculated at 12.07% of hours worked

  Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 came into force on 1 January 2024.

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  Legal timetable

  Rolled-up holiday pay allowed for irregular hours workers and part-year workers

  Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 came into force on 1 January 2024.

• Type:

  Training

  Annual leave - line manager training

  Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 that impacts irregular hours workers and part-year workers and the situations in which annual leave can be carried over.

• Type:

  FAQs

  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.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Should an employer insist that holiday is taken?

  Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming the circumstances in which annual leave can be carried forward.

• Type:

  FAQs

  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.

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  How to

  How to deal with the holiday entitlement of an employee taking adoption leave

  Updated to reflect legislation in force from 1 January 2024 confirming that annual leave that cannot be taken due to adoption leave can be carried forward.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with the holiday entitlement of an employee taking maternity leave

  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.