Check you've got the right amount of holiday pay

Summary

This might apply to you if, for example, you’re a zero hours worker or you only work during school terms. * pay you nothing when you take holiday, but pay you 'rolled-up holiday pay' instead If your employer pays you rolled-up holiday pay, you'll get an extra 12.07% on top of your normal pay each pay day. You’ll get paid an average of what you’ve earned in the last 52 weeks. Add together your pay for the previous 52 weeks - including any overtime, commission or bonuses you got during that time. Then divide that by 52 to get your weekly average pay. You should only use weeks in which you actually worked. If you didn’t work in one of the last 52 weeks, count back another week, so that you have 52 weeks in total. The furthest you can count back is 104 weeks. If you’ve worked less than 52 weeks, you should divide what you’ve earned by the number of weeks you worked. For example, if you worked 25 weeks you should divide what you’ve earned by 25 to get your average weekly pay. Your employer can only use rolled-up holiday pay if your current leave year began on or after 1 April 2024. Your leave year is the year you have to take your holiday in. The amount of rolled-up holiday pay you get.

Key information

• pay you when you take holiday
• pay you nothing when you take holiday, but pay you 'rolled-up holiday pay' instead
• This might apply to you if, for example, you’re a zero hours worker or you only work during school terms.
• pay you nothing when you take holiday, but pay you 'rolled-up holiday pay' instead
• If your employer pays you rolled-up holiday pay, you'll get an extra 12.07% on top of your normal pay each pay day.
• You’ll get paid an average of what you’ve earned in the last 52 weeks.
• Add together your pay for the previous 52 weeks - including any overtime, commission or bonuses you got during that time. Then divide that by 52 to get your weekly average pay.
• You should only use weeks in which you actually worked. If you didn’t work in one of the last 52 weeks, count back another week, so that you have 52 weeks in total. The furthest you can count back is 104 weeks.
• If you’ve worked less than 52 weeks, you should divide what you’ve earned by the number of weeks you worked. For example, if you worked 25 weeks you should divide what you’ve earned by 25 to get your average weekly pay.
• Your employer can only use rolled-up holiday pay if your current leave year began on or after 1 April 2024. Your leave year is the year you have to take your holiday in.
• The amount of rolled-up holiday pay you get depends on how much you earn in each ‘pay period’. A pay period is how often you get paid - for example, weekly or monthly.
• To work out how much holiday pay you should get for a specific pay period, multiply the amount you earned by 12.07%.

Practical guidance

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