How do you calculate the holiday entitlement for someone who starts working mid way through a leave year?
An online calculator will be available soon on Business Link which can calculate the holiday entitlement for those starting or leaving an employer part-way through a leave year. If they started working after 1 October 2007 (but before 1 April 2009), their holiday entitlement for the first leave year would be calculated by multiplying the proportion of a full year that they worked by 4.8 weeks. For example, if a worker joined a company with 32 weeks left in the leave year, their holiday entitlement would be (32 ÷ 52) * 4.8 weeks = 3.0 weeks. If they started working before 1 October 2007, their holiday entitlement for the first year would be the proportion of a full year that they worked, times four weeks, plus the proportion of a full year that they worked after 1 October 2007 multiplied by 0.8 weeks. For example, a worker starts work on 3 September 2007, and their leave year ends on 31 December. Their holiday entitlement is (17 weeks ÷ 52) * 4 weeks = 1.31 weeks, plus (13 weeks ÷ 52 we
