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Employer's question: employee holiday entitlement over Christmas period Question: We have an employee who has a number of days of holiday entitlement left and they have asked to book the whole Christmas period off. This is a very busy time of year for the business and we need all staff to work. Can we decline the request, even if this means they won’t be able to take all of their entitlement by the end of the year? Answer: Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, all workers are entitled to take 5.6 weeks of annual leave and will have a claim against their employer if they are not permitted to exercise that right. For any additional contractual annual leave entitlement, over and above the statutory minimum, there may be a bit more flexibility, depending on the wording of the contract. You can calculate statutory holiday entitlement using the tool on the government website (...