UK reward metrics · Time Off & Family

Do UK organisations keep annual-leave and holiday-pay records that meet the Working Time Regulations, including accrual records for irregular-hours and part-year workers?

Source lumi HRBase 264 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

73.9%Yes

73.9% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Yes” on holiday-pay record keeping (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

Yes 73.9% No 26.1%
Holiday-pay record keeping (base: 264 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Holiday-pay record keeping: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Yescommon73.9%
Noalternative26.1%

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 annual-leave and holiday-pay records meet the Working Time Regulations, including accrual tracking for irregular-hours and part-year workers. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/holiday-pay-record-keeping
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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