Employment Law Core Elements – What’s the Law on Annual Leave

All employees are entitled to 4 weeks paid holiday leave per leave year

Employees qualify for paid annual leave and accrue same from day 1 of their employment. In other words there is no qualifying service level period

If you become ill while on holiday and are certified as being sick, you can take these days again as annual leave, as these days are not considered annual leave

You must receive at least one holiday period of 2 consecutive weeks, somewhere throughout the leave year

You must take your annual leave entitlement and both you and your employer are legally obliged to ensure you do so

It is the employer’s perrogative as to when annual leave may be taken

In Ireland, employee’s are also entitled to 9 public holidays in addition to their 4 weeks annual leave