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Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes

• Entitlement

  Almost all people classed as workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’…

• Calculate leave entitlement

  For regular-hours workers, employers can use a ‘leave year’ or an…

• Holiday pay

  Workers are entitled to a week’s pay for each week of statutory leave that…

• Booking time off

  The general notice period for taking leave is at least twice as long as…

• Taking holiday before leaving a job

  During their notice period the worker may be able to take whatever is left…

• Updated: 23 November 2015

Legal representatives can use this form to submit a declaration of entitlement to give immigration advice, service or assistance.

You may be able to get provisional entitlement to higher category vehicles, and automatic entitlement to lower categories if you pass a higher category driving test.

The Hindi translation of the notice of rights and entitlements.

• Updated: 8 September 2020

Quarterly statistics on Housing Benefit entitlement reductions identified by local authorities as a proportion of expected reductions.

• Updated: 27 July 2016

The widened entitlement accommodation policy launched on 31 October and ran until 11 March 2024.

• Updated: 10 November 2023

Quarterly statistics on Housing Benefit entitlement reductions identified by local authorities as a proportion of expected reductions.

• Updated: 1 February 2017

The researchers use a mixed-methods study of a land rights program in Bihar, India

• Updated: 21 May 2019

The Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment) (No.3) Directions 2010 was signed on 21 September and for the most part is effective from 1 October.

• Updated: 22 September 2010