Holiday entitlement calculator

How this works

UK workers are entitled to a statutory minimum of 5.6 weeks of paid leave per year - that's 28 days for someone working a 5-day week, with bank holidays counted within that total. Your employer can choose to be more generous, but never less.

For part-time workers, entitlement scales with the days you work each week. A 3-day-a-week employee whose employer offers 28 days gets 28 × (3/5) = 16.8 days. The calculator above applies that formula and respects the statutory minimum.

For irregular-hours and part-year workers, since April 2024 holiday builds up at 12.07% of the hours you actually work. Enter your total hours for the year to see how much you've earned.

For mid-year starters and leavers, your entitlement is scaled down based on how much of the leave year you were employed for. The calculator compares the working days you were employed against the working days in a full leave year.

About this calculator

Built and maintained by Deckchair, the leave-management platform for UK teams. It implements the same rules Deckchair uses to track team allowances. Statutory references: gov.uk holiday entitlement rights.