{"id":14304,"date":"2024-03-22T12:51:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=14304"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:15:04","slug":"why-some-employers-must-provide-extra-holiday-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-compliance\/absence-management\/why-some-employers-must-provide-extra-holiday-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Why some employers must provide extra holiday in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b5fc8583 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:25px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8e1436f2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<p class=\"\">By <strong>Personnel Today<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"which-employers-are\">Which employers are affected?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The wording in some employees&#8217; contracts may result in an unanticipated shortfall in their holiday entitlement, as a result of variations in Easter dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The issue will affect employers that operate an annual leave year that runs from 1 April to 31 March, and that set out their employees&#8217; paid annual leave entitlement using wording along the lines of &#8220;20 days&#8217; holiday plus bank holidays&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-the\">What is the statutory annual leave entitlement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Under working time rules, employees are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks&#8217; annual leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This equates to 28 days&#8217; leave per year for employees working a five-day week. The 28 days can include bank holidays, of which there are usually eight per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-are-the\">Why are the Easter bank holidays in 2024 and 2025 problematic?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The way in which the 2024 Easter break falls means that the Easter bank holidays will straddle March and April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-alabaster-gray-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-80fb368b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bank holidays in April 2024 to March 2025 holiday year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Mon 1 Apr 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Mon 6 May 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Mon 27 May 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Mon 26 Aug 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Wed 25 Dec 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Thu 26 Dec 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Wed 1 Jan 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>These are the&nbsp;bank holidays for&nbsp;England and Wales. Some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hrcentre.uk.brightmine.com\/commentary-and-insights\/bank-holidays-six-things-employers-need-to-know\/166242\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scotland and Northern Ireland<\/a>&nbsp;dates differ.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In 2024, Good Friday is on 29 March and Easter Monday is on 1 April. The following year, Good Friday is on 18 April 2025, while Easter Monday is on 21 April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For a holiday year running from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 in England and Wales, employees would appear to lose out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This is because there is no Good Friday bank holiday within a holiday year running from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, meaning that they will be entitled under their contract to just 27 days&#8217; leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-employment-laws\">What employment laws could be broken?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Giving employees who work a five-day week fewer than 28 days&#8217; annual leave is a breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998, regardless of the number of bank holidays in a particular holiday year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Failure to honour a contractual clause providing for &#8220;20 days&#8217; holiday plus bank holidays&#8221; would also result in an employer being in breach of contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-should-employers\">What should employers do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The 28-day entitlement is a statutory minimum and the employer cannot negotiate out of it, other than by an agreement with the workforce to carry forward up to eight days&#8217; holiday into the following leave year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Employers in this position must top up employees&#8217; holiday entitlement for the leave year running 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, to ensure that employees retain their 28-day statutory entitlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"will-this-situation\">Will this situation occur again?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Yes, in 2027-28.&nbsp;In 2026, both Easter bank holidays are in April. In 2027, they are both in March, and in 2028, both are in April again. This means that a holiday year running from April 2026 to March 2027 will have 10 bank holidays, but the following year, between April 2027 and March 2028, there will only be six bank holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-there-a\">Is there a permanent solution?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Employers could negotiate with their employees to agree a variation to the terms of contracts of employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Annual leave contract clauses could be amended to state that employees are entitled to 28 days&#8217; annual leave and that this includes bank holidays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column lnrs-hide-block-on-mobile is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary-gray);border-left-width:2px;padding-left:10px;flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-container-2 is-position-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-secondary-gray-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-db4c44a6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:14px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" class=\"\">In this resource:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#which-employers-are\">Which employers are affected?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-is-the\">What is the statutory annual leave entitlement?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#why-are-the\">Why are the Easter bank holidays in 2024 and 2025 problematic?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-employment-laws\">What employment laws could be broken?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-should-employers\">What should employers do?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#will-this-situation\">Will this situation occur again?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#is-there-a\">Is there a permanent solution?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-bleach-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a36fa716 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:14px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:15px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Navigate HR complexity with confidence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">With Brightmine, you can build powerful people strategies, implement best practices and set your organisation up for a brighter future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Learn how our tools, resources and automation can empower you and your team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/uk\/solutions\/?intcmp=cta|blog|solutions|learn-more\" style=\"border-radius:25px\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"#top\">Go back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b7a3f7f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may also be interested in&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n<section id=\"resources-search-filter\" class=\"wp-elements-52b6fe3587306dc2618dd319ed2d805e wp-block-brightmine-resources-filter has-text-color has-primary-black-color has-background has-primary-white-background-color\">\n\n\n<div class=\"ajax-filter\">\n<div class=\"lnrs-resources-search-filter   \">\n\t\t<div class=\"search_terms_bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom_left\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"search_terms_result_count\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom_right\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"loader-container\">\n\t\t<span class=\"loader\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"lnrs-resource-filter-widget__container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lnrs-resource-hub-widget__resource\" style=\"background-color: #f3f2f0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-compliance\/bullying-harassment\/2025-workplace-harassment-law-changes\/\"><div class=\"lnrs-resource-hub-widget__resource_image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/cdn.brightmine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/11203503\/Brightmine-third-party-harassment.webp);\"><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lnrs-resource-hub-widget__inner_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lnrs-resource-hub-widget__categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lnrs-resource-hub-widget__category\">Podcasts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\" style=\"color: #00728B\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-compliance\/bullying-harassment\/2025-workplace-harassment-law-changes\/\">Employment Rights Act 2025 harassment changes &#8211; a fresh perspective from the high seas<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #202526\">Prepare for 2025 UK harassment legislation updates. 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