Guidance

Calculating holiday pay for workers without fixed hours or pay

This document provides guidance on how to calculate holiday pay for workers whose hours and / or pay are not fixed.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 25 February 2019
• Last updated: 23 July 2020
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  1. 23 July 2020

     Guidance clarified regarding redundancy, insolvency and TUPE.

  2. 6 April 2020

     Guidance updated to reflect change in law as of 6 April 2020: the reference period is now 52 weeks (previously 12 weeks)

  3. 3 March 2020

     We have updated this guidance with an explanation of changes to the law that take effect from 6 April 2020. The changes relate to the 'reference period' used to calculate holiday pay.

  4. 21 August 2019

     Removed mentions of holiday pay calculator while the service is under review.

  5. 25 February 2019

     First published.

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Changes to the law as of 6 April 2020

The ‘reference period’ used to calculate holiday pay is now 52 weeks (previously 12 weeks).

This guidance explains how to calculate statutory holiday pay for workers without fixed hours or fixed rates of pay.

It complements the Holiday entitlement: the basics guidance, which explains how to calculate holiday pay for the majority of workers.

It is for use by workers and employers.