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This information applies to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Most full-time workers are entitled to a minimum of 24 days' paid holiday a year by law. Your contract of employment may give you more leave than this. Part-time workers are entitled to a pro rata amount.
Some workers are not automatically entitled to this leave (for example, members of the armed forces or police force) and these workers have to rely on their contracts of employment for their rights to holiday.
Your employer will decide when the leave year starts and finishes - it may run from 6 April one year to 5 April the next, or it may run from 1 January to 31 December. You are entitled to paid holiday leave from the day you start work - you do not have to have worked for any minimum time to qualify.
For more information about your right to paid holiday, see Holidays and holiday pay.
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