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Advice leaflet - Holidays and holiday pay

Booklet summary

This leaflet gives a summary of holiday entitlements. It sets out: The right to annual leave When a leave year starts How and when workers can take leave How to calculate holiday pay. There is also a question and answer section that covers issues such as: Public holidays Part-time workers and holidays Leave years that start at different times Accrual systems.

The leaflet is available to download from the 'Download PDF' link below. Alternatively, hard copies are available to order from our publications section of the site.

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