76.1%No specific provision
76.1% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No specific provision” on sabbatical and career break availability (base: 259 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 - paid sabbaticals are availablerare | 4.2% |
| Yes - unpaid sabbaticals or career breaks onlyrare | 19.7% |
| No specific provisioncommon | 76.1% |
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 extended sabbaticals or career breaks are available, and whether any such leave is paid or unpaid. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
For context, CIPD "Reward Management Survey 2022: Focus on employee benefits" reports 26% (base: All-UK employers, ~280 reward professionals).
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/sabbatical-and-career-break-availabilityLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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