Leave Year

Organisations are able to define a period over which their leave year runs. This then forms the basis of leave management and ensuring that employees take their statutory entitlements within the correct period.

An employment contract will define the leave year between two dates. This typically runs either between January and December or between April and March. In some cases, an organisation may use their financial year as the bases of the leave year. This can help simplify the reporting of financial liabilities although may not be intuitive to staff. If a leave year is not defined it is taken to run from the employment anniversary date.