Includes maternity and paternity leave, holiday entitlement and sick pay

Please click on the links below for more information on each topic.

Calculate holiday entitlement

Holiday calculator to work out statutory holiday leave in days or hours

Holiday entitlement

Holiday entitlement or annual leave – information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes

Statutory Maternity Pay and Leave: employer guide

Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave – rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay

Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave: employer guide

Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave – entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and OSPP1, recover statutory pay

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): employer guide

Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay – SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay

Employee rights when on leave

Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity or adoption leave – keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy

Additional Paternity Pay and Leave: employer guide

Employer guide to Additional Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave – entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC7 and ASPP1 and recover statutory pay

Calculate your agricultural worker holiday entitlement

Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker

Career breaks

Career breaks – eligibility and notice periods, contract terms and conditions.

Giving staff time off for jury service

What you can do if an employee is called up for jury service, and how to sort out their pay or help them claim an allowance

Giving staff time off for magistrate duty

How to give an employee time off to volunteer as a magistrate, and how much time they are allowed off

Maternity and paternity calculator for employers

Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, qualifying week, relevant period and average weekly earnings

Parental leave

Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave – eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods

Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave – employer guide

Employer guide to Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave – entitlement, eligibility, notice period, proof of adoption, recover statutory pay

Time off for family and dependants

Your legal right to time off to care for dependants – when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights

Time off work for public duties

Taking time off work for public duties (e.g. as a magistrate, school governor or on jury service) – rights and responsibilities for employees and employers

Training and study at work: your rights

Time to Train – the legal right to request time off for training or study while in a job

Travel disruption and work

Travel disruption and work – employee rights, employer rights, paid and unpaid holiday entitlement, winter weather.