Annual leave policy template

This states an annual leave policy from the figures a small employer has to decide. Days in the working week times the weeks of leave the policy gives is the days' paid leave a year, with the UK statutory 5.6 weeks as the floor and 28 days as the statutory cap; bank holidays counted inside the entitlement come off the days to book, which an employer can choose; the carry-over is the policy's own figure; and the notice for a typical request follows the general rule of twice the leave plus one day. Every statutory figure is sourced; every policy figure is yours. Free, on the page, no account; the paid plan prints it under your name.

The entitlement, with the floor and the cap named

Almost all workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks' paid holiday a year and statutory paid holiday entitlement is limited to 28 days (GOV.UK). Five days a week on 5.6 weeks is 28; a policy can give more weeks, and the template takes the weeks the policy gives and shows the days it comes to.

Bank holidays counted inside, or not, and carry-over

An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a worker's statutory annual leave (GOV.UK), so the policy has to say whether it does; the template takes the number counted and shows the days left to book after them. Carry-over is the policy's own decision, and the template states the figure so nobody argues in April.

The notice rule, worked for a typical request

The general notice period for taking leave is at least twice as long as the amount of leave a worker wants to take, plus one day, unless the contract says otherwise (GOV.UK): three days' notice for one day, 21 for ten. The template works the rule for the request length you enter so the policy states a number rather than a principle.