Annual leave entitlement

Calculate statutory annual leave the way the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 does, the greatest of three methods. Works for full-time, part-time, temporary and casual workers.

The law gives you whichever of three methods produces the MOST leave. We work out all three and show the winner.

Total hours worked

hrs

In the leave yearNormal working week

hrs

Hours in a normal full week (used to convert the answer into weeks)Qualifying months

Months with ≥ 117 hrs

Entitlement, the greatest of the three methods

A · 4 weeks (if ≥ 1365 hrs worked)0 hrs

B · ⅓ of a working week per qualifying month53.3 hrs

C · 8% of hours worked (capped at 4 weeks)✓ Your method64 hrs

Your entitlement64 hrs · 3.2 wks

Based on 800 hrs worked over 8 qualifying months, this worker is entitled to 64 hours (3.2 weeks) of paid annual leave.

Applies to full-time, part-time, temporary and casual workers. Capped at 4 working weeks (80 hrs).

Sources

Annual leave & public holidays, citizensinformation.ie

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General guidance, not legal or tax advice. Figures current as of January 2026, verify against citizensinformation.ie / workplacerelations.ie.