In Brief: ACAS Guidance on Holiday and Holiday Pay

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has useful guidance for employers puzzling over staff holiday pay entitlements.

The guidance leaflet gives a summary of holiday entitlements, setting out:

• the right to annual leave;
• when a leave year starts;
• how and when workers can take leave; and
• how to calculate holiday pay.

There is also a Q & A section that covers issues such as:

• public holidays;
• part-time workers and holidays;
• leave years that start at different times; and
• accrual systems.

The guidance is available on the ACAS website.