Working hours and time off work
Understand the basics of the Working Time Regulations, holidays and other leave such as leave for jury service
Information on how people managers can approach managing holiday in their team
Having paid time off from work is important to employees but it is also a benefit to the business – rested workers who feel valued are more productive.
Managing holidays within your team is an important part of your role as a manager. If annual leave is not managed correctly, it can lead to problems and create risks to the business.
This guide is designed to help you manage leave across your team in a fair and consistent way.
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Understand the basics of the Working Time Regulations, holidays and other leave such as leave for jury service
The CIPD's dedicated legal resource on holiday entitlement for all types of worker. This page includes guidance leave allowances and pay and a downloadable infographic on what you need to know about annual leave.
Advice for people professionals on the fair management of annual leave
Advice for managers on how they can help to manage maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental, parental leave and parental bereavement leave
Guidance to help HR practitioners manage family leave in their organisation
How to support transgender and non-binary people at work, as part of a broader equality, diversity and inclusion policy