Annual Leave / Holiday Entitlement

In recruiter context

The 28-day figure trips people up because employers can count the eight UK bank holidays inside the 5.6 weeks. So a contract offering "20 days plus bank holidays" is meeting the legal floor, not exceeding it. Anything above 28 total is contractual generosity. Holiday accrues during your notice period, and you can either take it before you leave or be paid in lieu — that's not negotiable, it's the Working Time Regulations. Part-time workers get the pro-rata equivalent. The mistake I see most: candidates not noticing their offer letter quietly drops bank holidays from the headline number.