Petition · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Stop businesses from making staff use annual leave at Christmas
Closed
58 signatures
What the petition asks
The government should ban companies from making staff use their annual leave to cover holiday periods when the business is closed. Or alternatively they should increase the legal minimum holiday allowance to cover Christmas.
Some companies that only provide the minimum holiday allowance of 20 days (plus bank holidays) will close at Christmas, leaving their staff as little as 15 days to use. We believe this shouldn’t be allowed. We think that there are people with religious views, or have no family and would rather work, or who simply don't like Christmas who have to sacrifice their annual leave. We believe that if companies chose to close for maintenance they wouldn't make their staff use leave, so why at Christmas?
Timeline
| 27 Jan 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Jul 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
58
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Opened
27 Jan 2025
Closed
27 Jul 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 18 Aug 2026.