Annual Leave

The council's annual leave year runs from 1 January - 31 December.

All employees are entitled to 180 hours (25 days) annual leave, rising to 216 (30 days) on completion of 5 years' service (on 1 January).  Annual leave for part time employees and those who work non-standard working patterns must be calculated and taken in hours.  Examples of non-standard working patterns would include

• part time working
• compressed working week
• shift working

Employees working on a sessional or term time contract will receive a pro-rata payment for annual leave and public holidays within their monthly salary.

Use the  annual leave calculator [13.47KB] to calculate employees annual leave.

Guidance

Guidance on how annual leave is calculated and how to use the annual leave calculator [176.82KB]

Guidance on application of the additional leave day for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee [108.17KB]

Guidance on the application of the Recognition Day [71.26KB]

Public Holidays

The upcoming public holiday dates for the council are as follows

2021

• Friday 1 January
• Monday 4 January
• Friday 2 April
• Monday 5 April
• Monday 3 May
• Monday 27 December
• Tuesday 28 December

2022

• Monday 3 January
• Tuesday 4 January
• Friday 15 April
• Monday 18 April
• Monday 2 May
• Monday 26 December
• Tuesday 27 December

Guidance on the arrangements in place when  public holiday fall on a Saturday or Sunday can be found here [300.92KB]