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Find out when bank holidays are in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - including past and future bank holidays
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…
Holiday calculator to work out statutory holiday leave in days or hours
Your tax credit payments - find out when they're due and early payment dates for bank holidays
Find out when your Child Benefit payments are due, and payment dates for bank holidays.
Operational guidance for prison and probation staff on the implementation of the Discretionary Friday/Pre-Bank Holiday Release Scheme.
Includes career breaks and the holiday entitlement calculator
Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
DVLA's contact centre opening times over the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III bank holiday weekend.
How to reuse GOV.UK content and data using APIs, registers, schema and site scraping
DVLA's contact centre opening times over Easter 2024.
The government is marking Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a one-off additional Bank Holiday in June 2022.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
DBS' Contact Centre will be closed over the bank holiday weekend and will be resuming with revised opening hours from Tuesday 2 April.
An explanation of how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance.
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
Monday 19 September, the date of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral, will be a national bank holiday.
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide or pay for employees' holidays
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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