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Understanding holiday entitlement in the UK

6 min. read
03 May 2023
29 Aug 2025
03 May 2023
6 min. read
29 Aug 2025

Number of days worked in a week

Calculation

Pro-rated holiday entitlement per year*

4.5

4.5 x 5.6 = 25.2

25.5 working days

4

4 x 5.6 = 22.4

22.5 working days

3.5

3.5 x 5.6 = 19.6

20 working days

3

3 x 5.6 = 16.8

17 working days

2.5

2.5 x 5.6 = 14

14 working days

2

2 x 5.6 = 11.2

11.5 working days

1.5

1.5 x 5.6 = 8.4

8.5 working days

1

1 x 5.6 = 5.6

6 working days

0.5

0.5 x 5.6 = 2.8

3 working days

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