Leave calculators for entitlement, pay & time off
Work out holiday entitlement, annual leave, holiday pay, redundancy, sick pay, parental leave or PTO without trusting a mystery number. Choose your country, enter your details, then see the formula, assumptions and official source behind the estimate.
UK weekly pay capped at £751 for redundancies on or after 6 April 2026. Quick age-based estimate only.
Annual-leave minimum snapshots (weeks/year)
A quick orientation, not an apples-to-apples legal comparison. * US: no federal paid-vacation minimum. * Canada: federal minimum shown; provincial rules vary by jurisdiction and tenure.
Primary authorities used across our calculators
What does a leave calculator actually calculate?
A leave calculator turns details such as your work pattern, pay, length of service and location into an estimate of the leave or pay that may apply to you.
That can mean holiday entitlement in days or hours, holiday pay for a period of leave, statutory redundancy pay, sick pay, maternity or parental leave dates, PTO accrual, public-holiday pay or a final-pay estimate. The important part is the jurisdiction: the same inputs can produce a different answer in the UK, Australia, Canada, the United States, New Zealand or Ireland because the underlying rules are different.
Start with the question you are trying to answer
You should not need to know the legal name of a rule before you can find the right calculator.
How much leave do I get?
Calculate holiday entitlement or annual leave in days, hours or weeks for full-time, part-time and less-regular work patterns.
Holiday & annual leave calculators → MoneyWhat should this leave be worth?
Estimate holiday pay, vacation pay, redundancy pay, sick pay, leave loading and other statutory or policy-based amounts.
Leave & pay calculators → Life eventsWhat happens when I am off work?
Check statutory sick pay, maternity or parental leave timing, public-holiday treatment and other common absence scenarios.
Family & sickness tools → BalancesHow much have I accrued or used?
Track PTO accrual, vacation balances, working days and leave earned over part of a year or pay cycle.
Accrual & balance calculators →Popular UK calculators
Choose a focused tool rather than forcing several rules into one generic calculator.
For UK leave questions, start with the employment detail that changes the answer
Two people can work for the same employer and still have different statutory calculations. A five-day employee, a part-time worker and an irregular-hours worker may all need the same holiday entitlement calculator, but the route to the answer is not necessarily identical. Pay calculations can change again when variable earnings, service length, age or a statutory cap is involved.
That is why our UK tools separate entitlement from pay. “How many days can I take?” and “how much should I be paid while I take them?” sound similar, but they are different questions.
Informational estimates based on official government guidance. Not legal or payroll advice — for a specific dispute, contact a qualified adviser or your local employment authority.
Rate and rule changes to know
Every calculator on this site is rebuilt when the underlying rate or rule changes — this is what’s moved recently, and what’s coming.
UK statutory redundancy pay cap rises to £751/week
Up from £719. Maximum statutory redundancy payment rises to £22,530 (20 years × 1.5 weeks × £751), set under the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2026.
UK Statutory Sick Pay becomes a day-one right
The three-day waiting period is removed and the lower earnings limit is scrapped, under the Employment Rights Act 2025. The flat SSP rate rises to £123.25/week, or 80% of average weekly earnings if lower.
New Zealand’s Employment Leave Act 2026 will replace the Holidays Act
The replacement law has now passed, but the current Holidays Act rules continue to apply until 6 August 2028. Our NZ calculators therefore keep using the current methods until the legal start date.
How LeaveCalculators.com works
Fast estimates with the rule, formula and source kept in view.
Choose your country
We separate calculators by jurisdiction so UK holiday rules are not mixed with Australian, Canadian or US employment rules.
Enter only what is needed
Use the relevant employment, pay or leave details. The calculator runs in your browser and does not require an account or email address.
Check the calculation
See the result alongside the calculation steps, important limits and a link to the official authority used for the underlying rule.
Choose your country
Every calculator is built to that country’s current statutory rules — not a generic global estimate.
United Kingdom
Holiday entitlement, redundancy, statutory sick pay, maternity & paternity pay.
AUAustralia
Annual leave, leave loading, long service leave, redundancy & termination pay.
CACanada
Vacation pay, statutory holiday pay, and province-by-province leave rules.
USUnited States
PTO accrual, vacation payout, and state-by-state paid leave differences.
NZNew Zealand
Annual holidays, holiday pay, and statutory sick leave entitlement.
IEIreland
Annual leave, public holidays, and statutory parental leave.
Useful whether you are checking your own leave or someone else’s
The maths is the same; the reason you need the answer is often very different.
Employees
Check whether an employer’s figure looks reasonable before you ask a question about holiday, redundancy, sick pay or a leave balance.
- Sense-check entitlement
- Understand the formula
- Take the source into a conversation
Employers & managers
Get a quick estimate before checking payroll records, contracts, awards, agreements or internal policies that may provide more than the minimum.
- Model common scenarios
- Spot missing inputs
- Keep statutory and enhanced benefits separate
HR & payroll teams
Use a transparent second check when a result looks unusual, especially around rate-year changes, caps, part-year service or variable work patterns.
- Compare against a manual calculation
- Trace the rule source
- Document assumptions clearly
Five leave-calculation mistakes that create surprisingly big errors
A polished calculator can still give a bad answer if it starts with the wrong rule or the wrong input. These are the checks we would make before treating an estimate as useful.
Using the right formula in the wrong country
“Vacation”, “annual leave” and “holiday” overlap in everyday language, but the legal rules behind them do not. Start with jurisdiction, then choose the calculator.
Mixing entitlement with pay
The amount of time off you earn and the rate at which that time is paid can be governed by different calculations.
Ignoring the date the rule applies
Statutory rates, caps and thresholds can change at the start of a new rate year. A calculator should show which date or period its figures belong to.
Treating a statutory minimum as the whole contract
An employment contract, award, collective agreement or company policy may provide a better benefit than the legal minimum. The calculator cannot read those documents for you.
Rounding too early
Hours, accrual fractions and daily rates can drift when intermediate steps are rounded. We keep calculation precision until the result needs to be displayed.
Editorially maintained, not left as a one-time calculator build
This homepage is edited by Ruby Miller. Our process starts with the relevant government or employment authority, records the rule date, translates the formula into plain language, and then tests the calculator against worked examples before publishing changes.
Leave calculator FAQs
Quick answers about how the site handles different countries and employment rules.
What is a leave calculator?
A leave calculator estimates a time-off entitlement, balance, date or payment from the details you enter. Depending on the tool, that may include annual leave, holiday entitlement, holiday pay, PTO accrual, redundancy, sick pay or family leave.
Are these calculators official government tools?
No. LeaveCalculators.com is an independent informational site. We build estimates from published rules and link to the relevant official source so you can verify the basis of a calculation.
Why do I need to choose a country?
Leave, holiday pay, PTO, redundancy and family-leave rules differ substantially by jurisdiction. Country selection helps prevent a formula from one legal system being applied to another.
What is the difference between annual leave and holiday pay?
Annual leave or holiday entitlement usually answers how much paid time off you can take. Holiday pay answers how much you should be paid for that leave. The exact definitions and calculation rules depend on the jurisdiction and work pattern.
Do part-time workers get annual leave?
In many jurisdictions, part-time workers receive statutory leave on a proportionate or work-pattern basis rather than losing the entitlement entirely. Use the calculator for your country because the method is not universal.
Can a contract give me more leave than the calculator shows?
Yes. Our statutory tools generally focus on minimum legal rules or the policy inputs you provide. An employment contract, award, collective agreement or employer policy can provide a more generous entitlement.
Can I use a result for payroll or a legal dispute?
Use the result as an informational estimate and check the underlying official guidance plus any contract, award, agreement or policy that applies. For a dispute or binding payroll decision, use a qualified local adviser or the relevant authority.
How often are rates and rules reviewed?
Pages show a verification date and link to the authority used. Time-sensitive rates, caps and thresholds are reviewed when new statutory-year figures or rule changes are published.