annual leave

English

annual leave (uncountable)

(workplace) Amount of time expressed as the number of days per year that an employee is entitled to be away from work.
- 2019 December 17, Helen Knapman, “How to DOUBLE your annual leave in 2020 – and you’ll only need to book off 26 days holiday”, in The Sun‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2025:
  If you're already thinking ahead to next year's holidays you can double your break and get a whopping 52 days off using just 26 days of annual leave.
(workplace) The use of such days to be away from work; on holiday or vacation.
- 2014 December 4, Tom McTague, Simon Lambert, “Millions of workers to get extra holiday pay after landmark ruling forces firms to take into account regular overtime shifts”, in Daily Mail‎^[2], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 November 2025:
  The European Working Time Directive, brought into UK law in 1998, says workers should receive their 'normal' pay when they go on annual leave.
- 2019 August 10, Mary-Ann Russon, “Are you able to switch off when on holiday?”, in BBC News‎^[3], archived from the original on 5 August 2025:
  Recruitment firm Glassdoor has similarly alarming statistics: 23% of employees who took annual leave in 2018 regularly checked their emails, while 15% continued working throughout their holiday because of fear of falling behind and the consequences of not hitting their targets.

amount of leave per year