95.1%No
95.1% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on annual leave donation between colleagues (base: 264 UK organisations, 2026 H1).
Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.
How UK organisations answered
| Answer | Share of organisations |
|---|---|
| Yes — formal schemerare | 4.9% |
| Nocommon | 95.1% |
Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.
Definition
Whether a formal scheme lets employees transfer their unused annual leave to colleagues who need it. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/annual-leave-donation-between-colleaguesLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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