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Holiday pay calculator: untaken holiday when you leave

The holiday you built up but did not take by your last day, and the pay due for it: regular hours (regulation 14), or the 12.07% method for irregular hours and part-year work (regulation 15B).

This site does not give legal advice. The figures come from your own answers. All amounts are gross (before tax and National Insurance).

Your job

Where did you work?

Bank holidays and some time limits depend on it. Northern Ireland has its own rules: this site does not cover it yet.

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Your last day of employment

Your holiday

Your working hours

Start of your current leave year

From your contract. If it says nothing: the anniversary of your start date.

Days you work a week

From 0.5 to 7.

Holiday days a year in your contract, if more than the legal minimum (optional)

My contract says the extra days are paid when I leave

Holiday taken in this leave year

In days for regular hours; in hours for irregular hours or part-year work.

Holiday carried over from earlier years and not taken (optional)

I agreed in writing, in advance, that holiday taken in excess could be deducted from my pay

Hours worked in each pay period of this leave year

Group periods with the same hours: for example 20 periods of 30 hours. Up to 4 groups.

Group 1

Number of pay periods

Hours in each

Group 2

Number of pay periods

Hours in each

Group 3

Number of pay periods

Hours in each

Group 4

Number of pay periods

Hours in each

Rolled-up holiday pay (12.07%) is shown on each of my payslips

Hours you were paid for in those weeks

For your average hourly rate, over the same weeks as the pay below.

Gross pay over your last 52 paid weeks

Leave out weeks with no pay; go back 104 weeks at most.

Number of paid weeks in that period

Your pay

Your gross pay (before tax)

As on your payslip, for the period chosen below.

Paid

My pay varies (overtime, commission, irregular hours)

Total gross pay for the 12 weeks before notice was given

Add up your last 12 weekly payslips, or the equivalent.

What you received

Holiday pay received, gross (optional)

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Enter your leave year, the holiday you took and your pay. The holiday pay due appears here.

This is a calculation based on the rules published on gov.uk. It is not legal advice.

Holiday pay when you leave

When employment ends, the holiday built up and not taken is paid (Working Time Regulations 1998, regulation 14). The yearly minimum is 5.6 weeks, 28 days at most: 28 days for 5 days a week, 16.8 days for 3 days a week. You build it up day by day through the leave year; holiday carried over from earlier years counts too.

For irregular hours and part-year work, in leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024, holiday builds up at 12.07% of the hours worked in each pay period, rounded to the nearest hour (regulation 15B). If rolled-up holiday pay is shown on each payslip, nothing more is due for those hours.

If you took more holiday than you built up, your employer can only deduct the difference if you agreed to it in writing in advance.

Example

Leave year from 1 January 2026, last day 30 June 2026 (181 of 365 days), 28 days a year, 10 days taken, £600 a week over 5 days: 13.8849 days built up, 3.8849 days untaken, at £120 a day: £466.19.

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Holiday pay when you leave

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