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Compressed 4-Day-Week Holiday Calculator

Based on the default pattern below, a typical entitlement is 224 hours. Adjust the inputs for your exact figure.

40 hrs

Your entitlement

224 hours

How it's worked out

40 hours/week × 5.6 statutory weeks = 224 hours/year

Audit note

Holding entitlement in hours is the fairest method when shift lengths vary — deduct the actual length of each day you take off. Part-timers can't be capped below their weekly-hours × 5.6 figure.

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How this calculation works

Rotating rosters, compressed weeks and fortnight patterns don't map neatly onto a Monday-to-Friday week. These calculators average your real days worked across the cycle before applying the 5.6-week multiplier.

Worked example

40 hours/week × 5.6 statutory weeks = 224 hours/year

Frequently asked questions

Do I lose holiday on a compressed 4-day week?
No. If you work your full-time hours across four longer days, you remain full-time and keep the full 5.6 weeks. The catch is that each day off is longer, so entitlement is fairest measured in hours.
Why does the day-based figure look lower?
Counting four days × 5.6 gives 22.4 days, but those are longer days. In hours it equals the full 224 hours a five-day full-timer gets, so you're not actually worse off — just book leave in hours.
How should my employer track it?
The safest approach is to hold your entitlement in hours (full-time weekly hours × 5.6) and deduct the actual length of each compressed day you take off. That keeps a compressed worker exactly level with a standard full-timer.