Survey of holiday entitlement

What you will find in this report

This survey of 115 organisations was published in two parts:

Part 1: "Have a break: annual leave", IRS Employment Review 788/Employment Trends, 21 November 2003.

Table lists entitlement for 266 employee groups in 115 named organisations, divided by business sector:

• basic holidays
• service-related leave
• additional company days
• time off for non-Christian holidays.

Part 2: "Have a break: holiday rules and regulations", IRS Employment Review 789/Employment Trends, 5 December 2003.

Tables list entitlement for 266 employee groups in 115 named organisations, divided by business sector:

• arrangements for holiday pay
• working on public and bank holidays
• rules governing when holiday can be taken
• arrangements for unused holiday entitlement.

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Sample size: The survey was based on responses received from 115 organisations in the UK, employing a total of 309,000 employees. Participants provided data covering 201 groups of non-manual employees, 46 manual and 19 that include both manual and non-manual employees.

Business sectors: Responses were divided into 85 from the private sector and 30 from public services.

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