Ireland Annual Leave & Public Holiday Pay Calculator (Working Time Act)
Calculate Organisation of Working Time Act statutory annual leave (4 weeks / 8% rule), 10 public holidays entitlements, and accrued holiday pay.
Calculate Organisation of Working Time Act statutory annual leave (4 weeks / 8% rule), 10 public holidays entitlements, and accrued holiday pay.
Calculate Organisation of Working Time Act statutory annual leave (4 weeks / 8% rule), 10 public holidays entitlements, and accrued holiday pay. Calculate exact, penny-accurate projections compliant with 2026 Revenue Commissioners • DSP • Central Bank of Ireland standards using Calconova's deterministic IEEE-754 (Decimal.js) calculation engine with instant breakdowns.
Statutory working time entitlements
\text{Annual Leave (8\% Rule)} = \min\Big(4 \times \text{Weekly Hours}, \text{Annual Hours Worked} \times 8\%\Big) \\
\text{Full-Time Statutory Leave} = 4 \text{ Working Weeks (20 Days)} \\
\text{10 Public Holidays Entitlement} = 10 \times \text{Normal Daily Pay} \\
\text{Worked Public Holiday Premium} = \text{Public Holiday Pay} + (\text{Additional Day's Pay or Day Off}) \\
\text{Accrued Leave Encashment} = \text{Unused Leave Days} \times \text{Normal Daily Wage}Under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, statutory annual leave is calculated under the most beneficial of 3 methods: 4 working weeks if you work 1,365+ hours; 1/3 of a working week per calendar month with 117+ hours; or 8% of total hours worked (capped at 4 working weeks). In addition, employees qualify for 10 official public holidays per year.
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There are 10 statutory public holidays in Ireland: New Year's Day (Jan 1), St Brigid's Day (first Monday in Feb), St Patrick's Day (Mar 17), Easter Monday, May Bank Holiday, June Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday, October Bank Holiday, Christmas Day (Dec 25), and St Stephen's Day (Dec 26).
Part-time employees must have worked at least 40 hours in the 5 weeks immediately preceding the public holiday. If you normally work on that day, you receive a regular day's pay. If you do not normally work on that day, you are entitled to one-fifth (1/5th) of your normal weekly wage.
Under statutory employment rights, any accrued but untaken annual leave must be paid out in cash (encashment) on your final payslip upon cessation of employment.
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