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Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Almost all people classed as workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’…
For regular-hours workers, employers can use a ‘leave year’ or an…
Workers are entitled to a week’s pay for each week of statutory leave that…
The general notice period for taking leave is at least twice as long as…
During their notice period the worker may be able to take whatever is left…
An explanation of how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance.
Holiday calculator to work out statutory holiday leave in days or hours
Guidance to help you calculate your average rate of pay so that you can apply for redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
PAYE procedures to follow if you pay holiday pay in advance or run a holiday pay scheme for your employees.
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
Find out how to manually calculate Statutory Maternity Pay if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not work out your employee’s payments.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
Find out when bank holidays are in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - including past and future bank holidays
Travel disruption and work - employee rights, employer rights, paid and unpaid holiday entitlement, winter weather
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide or pay for employees' holidays
Taking time off work for public duties (for example as a magistrate, school governor or on jury service) - rights and responsibilities for employees and employers
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
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