The Holidays Act sets out the minimum entitlements for annual holidays. The Act gives all employees three weeks annual paid leave after one year's continuous employment with the same employer. At least two uninterrupted weeks of these holidays must be allowed within six months of the entitlement falling due. The rest must be allowed over the next six months.
Public holidays are additional .
If you do not take your leave when it is due, you may lose it - there is no obligation on an employer to allow annual leave to accumulate. However, if your employer fails to allow the holiday, the leave entitlement remains. Holiday Pay Holiday pay is worked out in three steps. Whichever of these two amounts is bigger becomes the rate of your weekly holiday pay. Your employer must give you all of your holiday pay before the date when your holiday starts.