How much holiday is my nanny entitled to?
As an employee, your nanny is legally entitled to a minimum amount of paid holiday. As a nanny employer, it’s your responsibility to clearly set out your nanny’s holiday entitlement in their contract of employment and to ensure holiday pay is calculated and paid correctly.
Please visit gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement to calculate holiday entitlements.
Calculate the statutory holiday entitlement in days, if your employee works, the same number of hours each shift.
Calculate the statutory holiday entitlement in hours if your employee works different hours each day but set hours per week.
Please note, this calculator should only be used to calculate holiday for employees on a fixed hours contract.
If your employee will be working on a variable hour’s basis, please speak to a member of our team, who will happily calculate this for you.
Full-time employee
By law, a full-time employee is entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks (28 days) of paid leave per annum. Employers can choose to offer more than the legal minimum if they wish. Holiday can only be taken as it has been accrued.
Bank Holidays
Bank Holidays are included within the 28 days entitlement. Therefore, if a nanny were to take a Bank Holiday off, it will be deducted from their holiday entitlement.
Bank Holidays do not have to be taken and the holiday days can be taken at another time, providing an agreement has been reached between the nanny and the employer.
What is the minimum holiday entitlement for a nanny?
By law, a full-time employee is entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks (28 days) of paid annual leave per year, and this includes bank holidays.
How does entitlement work for part-time or variable-hours nannies?
Part-time nannies are entitled to 5.6 weeks pro-rated according to their hours or days worked each week.
Does the minimum holiday entitlement include bank holidays?
Yes, bank holidays are included in the statutory 28 day (5.6 week) entitlement for a full-time employee. If the nanny does not normally work on a bank holiday, that day may not count toward their entitlement.
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