Holiday Entitlement Calculator
Use our online leave entitlement calculator to work out holidays - Updated for 2026/27
Use our online leave entitlement calculator to work out holidays
Full-time employees in the UK are entitled to a minimum of 28 days holiday per year. Some employers will include bank holidays in this or offer them separately on top, or even offer additional days as part of their company policy, but this is the basic minimum for everyone.
Working out someone’s leave entitlement can be a bit tricky if you need to work out the pro-rate holiday entitlement. This is the proportion they’re entitled to based on how much they’ve worked during the year, which can be a bit different if they work irregular hours, are part-time, or if they join halfway through the year.
Our free calculator shows how much annual leave someone is entitled to based on their working pattern, using the basic 28 day entitlement as a starting point. The actual entitlement may be greater than this.
Use our online tool to calculate accrued holidays
Employees start ‘accruing leave’ as soon as they start working for a new employer, which means they are building-up a holiday allowance.
Your accrued annual leave can be worked out by multiplying the total entitlement for the year by the fraction of the year which has been worked. Let our holiday entitlement calculator do the hard work for you. It will work out what holidays are due to an employee whether they started, left, or both, during a leave year.
You might also be interested in our free online salary calculator.
FAQs
A full-time employee is entitled to at least 28 days of paid leave per year. The allowance includes public holidays, such as Bank Holidays. The amount of paid holiday your employee is entitled to is protected by law, although as an employer you might decide to increase it.
The entitlement to a minimum of 28 days paid holiday each year is based on someone who works full-time hours. If you employ someone on a part-time basis, you can pro-rate this amount based on the proportion of hours they work compared to someone who is full time.
Yes, you should keep track of your employees’ annual leave. This will help you make sure they are able to take what they’re entitled to, and will also help with managing absences or if there are any queries about their pay.
There are lots of different platforms available to help you do this, from spreadsheets to dedicated annual leave apps, or your payroll software.
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