Submitted by Bradley Buckenham on Friday 2nd January 2026
Published on Thursday 5th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 5th August 2026
Current Signatures: 60
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Require employers to pay unused annual leave or carry it over to the next year
Every year 1000s of workers do not claim their full annual leave entitlement for many reasons. It should be law for employers to pay all unused holiday at the end of each year or carry it over. Employers budget for it and should not benefit from those who are happy to work rather than have time off.
Only Parliament can create this law. We should not be in a use it or lose it system. I personally would love to see 2 weeks of unused holiday in my paycheck at the end of the year rather than being forced to take time off I'd rather not have.
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