Greater holiday entitlement has significant implications for employers, according to guidelines from ACAS.
With statutory holiday entitlement having risen by four days on 1 October, both employers and employees now need to make some new calculations about holidays and pay.
Managers will need to inform their employees in writing about their increased annual allowance (up from four to 4.8 weeks a year) and again in April 2009 (when entitlement rises to 5.6 weeks a year).
Calculating entitlement
Part-time workers are entitled to the same holidays as full-time workers, calculated on a pro-rata basis. For example, an employee who works three days a week is entitled to 14.4 days' paid holiday - representing their normal week multiplied by 4.8.
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