How many days has an employee actually earned today? Pro-rata for new starters and part-timers, with the carry-over rule — for the UK, Ireland and Kosovo.
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Working days, on top of public holidays unless noted. Statutory minimums are applied by default — edit the annual entitlement if your contract gives more. This is guidance, not legal advice; the exact figure depends on the contract and the leave year your company uses. Kosovo employer? Read what the Law on Labour says about annual leave. Shqip: Kalkulatori i pushimit vjetor →
UK (Working Time Regulations 1998): at least 5.6 weeks a year — 28 days for a five-day week, which may include the 8 bank holidays, so 20 days plus bank holidays is the floor. In the first year leave builds up at 1/12 of the annual entitlement each month, rounded up to the nearest half day (reg. 15A). Carrying leave into the next leave year needs an agreement; the 1.6 weeks above the EU minimum (8 days) can be carried, the first 4 weeks normally can't.
Ireland (Organisation of Working Time Act 1997): 4 working weeks a year for a full year's work, built up as 1/3 of a working week for each month worked (or 8% of hours). Leave is meant to be taken in the leave year; by agreement it can be carried over and taken within the first 6 months of the following year.
Kosovo (Law on Labour 03/L-212): at least 4 weeks — 20 working days — a year. Each full month worked earns 1/12 of the annual entitlement, so someone who joined a month ago has roughly 1 day available, not the full year. Leave that wasn't used can be taken in the following year, by the end of June.
5.6 weeks a year under the Working Time Regulations 1998 — 28 days for someone working five days a week. Employers may count the eight bank holidays inside that figure, so 20 days plus bank holidays is the legal floor. The entitlement is capped at 28 days however many days a week someone works.
Pro rata by days worked: 5.6 × days per week in the UK (a three-day week earns 16.8 days), and 4 × days per week in Ireland and Kosovo. Hourly and irregular-hours staff accrue 12.07% of hours worked in the UK, or 8% of hours worked in Ireland.
In the UK, first-year leave accrues at one twelfth of the annual entitlement for each month worked, rounded up to the nearest half day. In Ireland and Kosovo leave accrues at one twelfth per full month worked all the time — so someone who joined a month ago in Kosovo has about one day available, not the full twenty.
At least four weeks — 20 working days — a year under the Law on Labour (03/L-212), on top of public holidays. Each full month worked earns 1/12 of the annual entitlement. Leave that wasn't used in the year can be taken until 30 June of the following year.
Four working weeks a year for a full year's work under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 — 20 days for a five-day week — built up as one third of a working week per month worked, or 8% of hours. Ireland's ten public holidays are separate. Leave should be taken in the leave year; by agreement it can be carried over and taken within the first six months of the following year.
It depends on the country and the contract. In the UK the first four weeks normally must be taken in the year; the extra 1.6 weeks (eight days) can be carried by agreement. In Ireland and Kosovo untaken leave can be carried and must usually be used by 30 June of the following year. This calculator applies each country's default rule; your own policy may be more generous.
Accrual, carry-over, approvals and the team calendar — with UK, Irish and Kosovo rules built in. Free for 14 days, no card.