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

Updates to this page

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

  1. 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. First published.

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