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Make Work Pay: holiday pay compliance and enforcement

Summary

We are seeking views on the proposed approach to holiday pay compliance and enforcement by the Fair Work Agency.

This consultation closes at

Consultation description

The government is consulting on:

  • the proposed approach to holiday pay compliance and enforcement
  • some of the important design features
  • what support and guidance the Fair Work Agency can provide to help support compliance

Paid holiday or annual leave is a long‑established employment right which supports workers’ health and wellbeing and contributes to a productive and resilient workforce.

The Fair Work Agency will be enforcing workers’ rights to statutory holiday pay and ensuring that employers are complying with the law. State enforcement is intended to complement the Employment Tribunal system and provide an accessible, timely and effective route to resolution.

The government wants to build a compliance and enforcement framework that is fair, proportionate and effective for both workers and employers. This consultation seeks views from all interested parties to ensure that holiday pay compliance and enforcement works well for everyone. The consultation will likely be of particular interest to workers, employers (of all sizes), Business Representative Organisations and trade unions.

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Ways to respond

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Email to:

holidaypay.enforcement.consultation@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Write to:

Pay Rights Enforcement Team
Employment Rights Directorate
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY

Updates to this page

Published 30 June 2026

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