LONDON, July 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The UK has some of the least
generous statutory leave allowances compared to its European
neighbours, and 28 days of leave each year feels like a drop in the
ocean.
Some clever Brits have worked out how to double their time off
each year with a trick called 'leave stacking', and this cheat
sheet will help workers in England
and Wales beat their crafty
co-workers to those ideal dates in 2025.
It's not magic, nor does it defy space and time. It's simply
using bank holidays and weekends to get more consecutive days off
using fewer annual leave days.
When does England and
Wales have bank holidays in
2025?
- New Year's Day – Wednesday, 1st January
2025
- Good Friday – Friday, 18th April
2025
- Easter Monday – Monday,
21st April 2025
- Early May Bank Holiday – Monday,
5th May 2025
- Spring Bank Holiday – Monday,
26th May 2025
- Summer Bank Holiday – Monday,
25th August 2025
- Christmas Day – Thursday, 25th December
2025
- Boxing Day – Friday, 26th December 2025
How to get 58 days off using just 28 days of leave:
To plan annual leave around the 8 bank holidays in 2025, book
leave on these dates:
- January 2nd and
3rd for 5 consecutive days off around the new year.
- April 14th-17th and
22nd-25th to maximise the extra bank holidays around Easter.
This gives 16 days off for the price of 8 annual leave days.
- May 6th-9th and
27th-30th to receive two sets of 9 consecutive days at each
end of the month.
- August 26th-29th for 9
consecutive days off, only using 4 days of leave.
- December 22nd-24th and
29th-31st for 13 days over the Christmas and New Year
break.
Phil Norton is the founder of
online annual leave planner leavedates.com, which processes
hundreds of thousands of leave requests every year for SMEs across
the UK.
"Those who are savvy about leave stacking tend to submit
their leave requests up to six months in advance," says
Phil.
"Our data shows very high competition for days off around
bank holidays."
About Leave Dates
Leavedates.com is an HR tool
designed to manage leave and absence for SMEs in the UK and
globally. Launched in 2019, the software is available on desktop,
mobile and tablet, offering a flexible leave management solution
for modern businesses.
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