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Any employee working less than 5 days per week is regarded as part-time. Although they are entitled to 5.6 weeks of annual leave, this will amount to fewer than 28 days.

The 28 days are pro-rated according to how many days per week they work. For example, an employee who works 3 days per week will earn 3/5ths of 28 days. 16.8 days. Our staff leave planner can give you great visibility with specialist icons for those who are full-time or part-time, so you know exactly where you stand.

Of course, as an employer, you are welcome to offer more statutory leave and this is very common.

The rules that apply to statutory leave do not apply to the additional. For example an employee may need to be employed for a certain duration before being entitled to the additional allowance.

The upper limit of statutory leave is also 5.6 weeks. So although it can be pro-rated downwards for employees working less than 5 days per week, it does not increase for those working 6 or 7 days. For those workers, statutory leave will stay at 5.6 weeks.

The nature of your business and seasonality may determine that you need cover during bank holidays or the Christmas period. If so, you are entitled to specify that workers must take annual leave from their entitlement if they wish to have this time off. This will be deducted from annual leave allowances as normal.