Guidance

Simplifying holiday entitlement and holiday pay calculations

How holiday pay and entitlement has changed from 1 January 2024.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 1 January 2024
• Last updated: 1 April 2024 — See all updates

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Holiday pay and entitlement reforms from 1 January 2024

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This guidance sets out forthcoming changes to the Working Time Regulations which will affect:

• irregular hours workers and part-year workers
• accrual of COVID-19 carryover of leave
• rates of holiday pay and annual leave
• rolled-up holiday pay

Published 1 January 2024
Last updated 1 April 2024 + show all updates

1. 1 April 2024

   Changes highlight reforms applying to leave years beginning on or after 1 April 2024. Removed sections on Covid-19 carryover of leave as these do not apply to leave years after 31 March 2024. Amended examples for clarity purposes.

2. 1 January 2024

   First published.