Holiday Pay Calculator for Leavers

Work out your accrued holiday at your leaving date. Enter the leaving date in the calculator to get the pro-rata figure.

What type of worker are you?

Regular full-timeSame hours every week, usually 5 days.Regular part-timeSame hours every week, fewer than 5 days.Irregular / zero-hoursHours vary week to week.Part-year (e.g. term-time)Contracted to work only part of the year.

Days worked per week

Hours per week (optional)

Your contract treats bank holidays as…

Region

Mid-year joiner, leaver, or above-statutory entitlement

Contractual days/year (above 28)

Leave year start

Joining date (mid-year only)

Leaving date (mid-year only)

Your entitlement

28 days(210 hours)

Annual entitlement. Statutory minimum is 28 days.

5 days per week × 5.6 weeks (statutory minimum) = 28 days per year
Your contract treats bank holidays as part of this total — book them as you would any other day off.

How leaver holiday pay works

When you leave a job partway through a leave year, you don't forfeit the holiday you've accrued. The calculation has three steps:

Work out the full-year entitlement under your contract.
Pro-rate it: full-year × (days worked in leave year ÷ total days in leave year).
Subtract the days you've already taken in this leave year. The remainder is paid in your final salary.

The calculator above does step 2 for you. Step 3 is simple subtraction.

Worked example

Annual entitlement 28 days, leave year 1 April to 31 March, leaving 30 September.

Days worked: 183 (Apr 30 + May 31 + Jun 30 + Jul 31 + Aug 31 + Sep 30).

Accrued: 28 × (183 ÷ 365) = 14.04 days. Round up to 14.5 in the worker's favour (or 14 if the contract specifies a different rounding).

If 5 days already taken: owed 14 − 5 = 9 days in final pay.

If you've taken more than you've accrued

The employer can recover the overpayment from your final wages, but only if the contract gives them the right to do so. Without a contractual clause, they cannot make the deduction.

Frequently asked questions

How is final holiday pay calculated when I leave?+

Work out your annual entitlement, pro-rate it to the leaving date, and subtract any holiday you've already taken in that leave year. The remainder is paid as part of your final salary.

What if I've taken more holiday than I've accrued?+

Your employer can deduct the excess from your final pay, but only if the contract gives them the right to do so. Without a contractual clause they cannot recover the overpayment.

Is holiday pay on leaving taxed differently?+

No. Payment in lieu of accrued holiday is taxed as normal earnings through PAYE.