What breaks and how much holiday are employees entitled to?
Generally speaking, employees are entitled to 4.8 weeks’ annual leave in each leave year. This is equivalent to 24 days for a five day working week. From 1 April 2009 this will increase by a further 0.8 weeks to 5.6 weeks (28 days for a five day working week). However, workers cannot be entitled to more than 28 days’ statutory leave as a result of the increases and both figures include bank holidays so that from 1 April 2009, the minimum entitlement for a full-time worker will be 20 days plus the 8 bank hoidays.
