Statutory paid holiday is 5.6 weeks a year, capped at 28 days. Enter your day rate and how many days a week you work.
Employees and agency workers (PAYE) are entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid holiday a year — that includes most workers paid through an umbrella company. If your payslip shows PAYE, holiday pay is your legal right, not a favour.
If you invoice through CIS as self-employed, there is no holiday pay. The weeks you rest are unpaid, which is exactly why your day rate must be higher than an employed wage. Use the figure above to see what holiday would be worth — and build it into your rate.
If your days change week to week, holiday accrues at 12.07% of hours worked. Rough check: multiply what you earned in a period by 0.1207 — that is roughly the holiday pay you accrued.
No. Holiday pay only comes with employment or agency work paid through PAYE. Self-employed subcontractors cover their own time off through a higher day rate.
The law sets statutory holiday at 5.6 weeks. For someone on a 6- or 7-day week, 5.6 weeks would exceed 28 days, so the statutory minimum is capped at 28.
Not automatically. An employer can count bank holidays as part of the 5.6 weeks — check your contract to see whether they are included or on top.
Graftum Pocket logs your days, rates and what you're owed, in your language. When holiday or pay is argued, you have the dated record.
Open Graftum Pocket — freeEstimates based on statutory minimums (5.6 weeks, 28-day cap). Contracts can give more. Not legal advice.