{
  "nhs_afc": {
    "name": "NHS Agenda for Change",
    "fullTimeHours": 37.5,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 27 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "toYears": 10, "days": 29 },
      { "fromYears": 10, "days": 33 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "dayDefinitionNote": "Leave is shown in full-time days of 7.5 hours (one-fifth of the 37.5-hour full-time week). Part-time staff get annual leave and public holidays pro-rata to their contracted hours, so hours equal the pro-rated days multiplied by 7.5. For example, 27 days is 202.5 hours full time, or 16.2 days (121.5 hours) at 22.5 hours a week.",
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "NHS Employers – handbook & master PDF links",
        "url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook"
      },
      {
        "label": "NHS Employers – Agenda for Change (TCS) topic hub",
        "url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics/pay-pensions-and-reward/nhs-terms-and-conditions-service-tcs-agenda-change"
      },
      {
        "label": "NHS Employers – archived handbooks",
        "url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/archived-terms-and-conditions-handbooks"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook. Part-time: pro-rata by contracted hours."
  },
  "nhs_junior_doctor": {
    "name": "NHS Junior Doctor (2016 contract)",
    "fullTimeHours": 40,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 27 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 32 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "dayDefinitionNote": "Days are full-time days of 8 hours (one-fifth of the 40-hour full-time week). Less than full time (LTFT) doctors get leave pro-rata, so hours equal the pro-rated days multiplied by 8, which is the same as the full-time days multiplied by one-fifth of your weekly hours.",
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "NHS Employers: FAQs for the 2016 doctors in training contract (annual leave, 3.6)",
        "url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/faqs-2016-doctors-training-contract"
      },
      {
        "label": "NHS Employers: doctors and dentists in training terms and conditions (England) 2016",
        "url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/doctors-and-dentists-training-terms-and-conditions-england-2016"
      },
      {
        "label": "NHS Employers – TCS resource hub",
        "url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/toolkits/nhs-terms-and-conditions-service-resource-hub"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "2016 contract (England): 27 days on first NHS appointment, rising to 32 days after five years' NHS service. Statutory days are included in these totals; public holidays are on top. Less than full time (LTFT): pro-rata. Check your contract."
  },
  "nhs_consultant": {
    "name": "NHS Consultant Contract (England 2003)",
    "fullTimeHours": 40,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 7, "days": 32 },
      { "fromYears": 7, "days": 34 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "dayDefinitionNote": "England 2003 consultant TCS (Schedule 18): six weeks plus two statutory days (32 days) under seven years’ consultant service; six weeks plus four days (34 days) from seven years. Exclusive of eight public holidays. Statutory days are often converted into annual leave by local agreement. Part-time: pro-rata to job-plan sessions.",
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "BMA – consultants annual leave",
        "url": "https://www.bma.org.uk/pay-and-contracts/leave/annual-leave-entitlement/consultants-leave"
      },
      {
        "label": "NHS Employers – medical and dental terms",
        "url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-and-conditions-circulars-medical-and-dental-staff"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Confirm with your trust: job-plan day counting and statutory-day conversion can vary locally."
  },
  "teachers_pay": {
    "name": "School Teachers (STPCD)",
    "fullTimeHours": 32.5,
    "fullTimeHoursNote": "Teachers have no set weekly hours in their contract. We use 32.5 hours a week as a full-time teacher's week: the 1,265 hours of directed time a year spread over the 39 weeks (195 days) a teacher can be directed to work, rounded to the nearest half hour.",
    "specialCase": "Teachers have directed time and take leave in school holidays; there is no separate 'annual leave days' in the same way as other sectors. Support staff in schools typically follow NJC.",
    "serviceBands": [],
    "bankHolidays": 0,
    "directedTime": {
      "maxHoursPerYear": 1265,
      "daysAvailable": 195,
      "teachingDays": 190,
      "insetDays": 5,
      "scopeLabel": "England (STPCD): national working-time limits",
      "partTimeNote": "Part-time teachers: directed time is pro-rata of 1,265 hours over 195 days.",
      "sourceLabel": "School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (England)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-teachers-pay-and-conditions"
    },
    "illustrativeHolidays": {
      "typicalTermWeeks": 39,
      "typicalHolidayWeeks": 13,
      "lead": "Exact term dates are set by your local authority or academy trust. A common full-time England classroom pattern is about 39 weeks in school and about 13 weeks of school holidays.",
      "holidayBlocks": [
        { "name": "Autumn half-term", "typical": "About 1 week" },
        { "name": "Christmas", "typical": "About 2 weeks" },
        { "name": "February half-term", "typical": "About 1 week" },
        { "name": "Easter", "typical": "About 2 weeks" },
        { "name": "May half-term", "typical": "About 1 week" },
        { "name": "Summer", "typical": "About 6 weeks" }
      ],
      "byArea": [
        {
          "area": "England (national STPCD)",
          "directed": "Up to 1,265 hours across 195 days",
          "holidays": "Leave taken in school holidays: no separate annual leave pot"
        },
        {
          "area": "London boroughs / trusts",
          "directed": "Same STPCD directed-time limits",
          "holidays": "Term dates set by the borough or trust (often similar holiday blocks, different start/end dates)"
        },
        {
          "area": "Northern England LAs",
          "directed": "Same STPCD directed-time limits",
          "holidays": "LA publishes its own calendar; half-terms and Easter weeks can shift by a week"
        },
        {
          "area": "Midlands & South West",
          "directed": "Same STPCD directed-time limits",
          "holidays": "Trust or county calendar; check your school’s published term dates"
        }
      ],
      "termDatesUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/school-term-holiday-dates",
      "termDatesLabel": "Find school term dates on GOV.UK"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "School teachers’ pay and conditions (GOV.UK)",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-teachers-pay-and-conditions"
      },
      {
        "label": "School term and holiday dates (GOV.UK)",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/school-term-holiday-dates"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Directed time limits are national under STPCD for England. Term dates vary by local authority or academy trust. Support staff in schools are usually on National Joint Council (NJC) local government terms instead."
  },
  "civil_service": {
    "name": "Civil Service",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "GOV.UK Civil Service management code (terms and conditions)",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-terms-and-conditions"
      },
      {
        "label": "Defra annual leave and public holiday policy (released under FOI2025/00955, Annex C)",
        "url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67af66a063d7f4cceef9e253/FOI2025_00955_Annex_C.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceNote": "Delegated policies; many departments use 25 days on appointment, 30 after 5 years. Plus public/privilege days. Full time is usually 37 hours a week (36 for some London staff on older terms), so a leave day is 7.4 hours and 25 days is 185 hours. Part-time: pro-rata."
  },
  "local_government": {
    "name": "NJC Green Book (local government)",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 28 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "LGA: NJC local government services (Green Book and pay circulars)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/local-government-services"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "NJC Green Book minimum: 23 days, plus 3 days after 5 years' continuous service, plus 2 extra statutory days (shown here as 25 days, rising to 28), plus public holidays. Many councils give more. Part-time: pro-rata."
  },
  "local_government_chief_officer": {
    "name": "Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for Chief Officers",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "dayDefinitionNote": "The JNC handbook does not set weekly hours for chief officers, so a day here is one-fifth of a 37-hour week, the usual full-time council week. Part-time chief officers get leave and public holidays pro-rata to their contracted hours.",
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "LGA: chief officers JNC (handbook and circulars)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/local-government-services/green-book-payscales-and-other-1"
      },
      {
        "label": "JNC for Chief Officers of Local Authorities: conditions of service handbook, 8/8/2017 (copy hosted by Lincolnshire County Council)",
        "url": "https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/4947/chief-officer-handbook-august-2017"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "JNC for Chief Officers of Local Authorities handbook (8/8/2017, still the current edition), Part 2 paragraph 4, England and Wales: a minimum of 30 days' annual leave a year, with no service step, plus statutory and other public holidays (8 in England and Wales). The 30 days include any long-service leave, extra statutory days and local holidays. It covers officers the council designates as chief officers and their recognised deputies; if your post is graded on the NJC Green Book instead, the Green Book scale applies. Councils set chief officers' leave locally and may give more than this minimum. Part-time: pro-rata.",
    "guideNote": "Chief officers' leave is set by each council under the JNC, so treat this as the national minimum and check your contract."
  },
  "police_pay": {
    "name": "Police (England & Wales)",
    "fullTimeHours": 40,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 6, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 6, "toYears": 7, "days": 26 },
      { "fromYears": 7, "toYears": 8, "days": 27 },
      { "fromYears": 8, "toYears": 11, "days": 28 },
      { "fromYears": 11, "toYears": 16, "days": 29 },
      { "fromYears": 16, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "dayDefinitionNote": "Annex O expresses leave in 8-hour days. Many forces also show the same entitlement in hours. Part-time is pro-rata to contracted hours.",
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "GOV.UK – Annex O annual leave (Police Regulations 2003)",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-0032025-annex-f-o-and-u-police-regulations-2003/annex-o-amendment-annual-leave-accessible"
      },
      {
        "label": "Police Federation – conditions guidance",
        "url": "https://www.polfed.org/"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Federated ranks (below superintendent), England & Wales: Annex O rates with effect from 1/4/2026 for officers appointed before 1/4/2025 (new entrants from April 2025 start at 25 days and reach 30 days by 10 years’ service on a slightly different ladder). Superintendent / chief superintendent: 31 days; ranks above chief superintendent: 35 days. Public holidays / rest-day rules are separate. Confirm with your force."
  },
  "police_superintendent": {
    "name": "Police (England & Wales): superintendents",
    "fullTimeHours": 40,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "days": 31 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "dayDefinitionNote": "Annex O expresses leave in 8-hour days. Many forces also show the same entitlement in hours. Part-time is pro-rata to contracted hours.",
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "GOV.UK – Annex O annual leave (Police Regulations 2003)",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-0032025-annex-f-o-and-u-police-regulations-2003/annex-o-amendment-annual-leave-accessible"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Annex O (Police Regulations 2003), England & Wales: superintendents and chief superintendents get 31 days' annual leave a year, with no service step. Public holidays are on top (a day in lieu if duty prevents one). Joining, promotion or retirement part-way through the leave year: one twelfth for each complete month. Part-time: pro-rata. Confirm with your force."
  },
  "police_chief_officer": {
    "name": "Police (England & Wales): chief officers",
    "fullTimeHours": 40,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "days": 35 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "dayDefinitionNote": "Annex O expresses leave in 8-hour days. Many forces also show the same entitlement in hours. Part-time is pro-rata to contracted hours.",
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "GOV.UK – Annex O annual leave (Police Regulations 2003)",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-0032025-annex-f-o-and-u-police-regulations-2003/annex-o-amendment-annual-leave-accessible"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Annex O (Police Regulations 2003), England & Wales: ranks above chief superintendent (assistant chief constable, deputy chief constable and chief constable, and their Met equivalents) get 35 days' annual leave a year, with no service step. Public holidays are on top (a day in lieu if duty prevents one). Joining, promotion or retirement part-way through the leave year: one twelfth for each complete month. Part-time: pro-rata. Confirm with your force."
  },
  "police_staff": {
    "name": "Police staff (Police Staff Council)",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 24 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 29 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "LGA: Police Staff Council handbook (national terms for police staff, including PCSOs)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/police/police-staff/police-staff-council-handbook"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Police Staff Council handbook (March 2026), England & Wales: minimum 24 days on appointment, 29 days after 5 years' continuous service, plus paid leave on each public holiday (8 in England and Wales). PCSOs are police staff, so the police officer Annex O scale does not apply. Many forces give more, and some forces are not party to these terms. Part-time: pro-rata. Confirm with your force."
  },
  "fire_rescue": {
    "name": "Fire and Rescue (NJC)",
    "fullTimeHours": 42,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 30 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 33 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "LGA: Grey Book (NJC for local authority fire and rescue services, 7th edition)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/fire-and-rescue-workforce-support/fire-and-rescue-services-24"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Grey Book (national fire and rescue terms), firefighter to watch manager: 25 days (Scale A) plus 5 days (Scale B), plus 3 long-service days after 5 years' continuous service, plus public holidays (8 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Station and group managers get 3 more Scale A days, and area managers more again. Brigade managers are on separate (Gold Book) terms. Shift rotas often convert leave into shifts. Retained (on-call) staff have separate rules. Part-time: pro-rata. Check service policy."
  },
  "fire_rescue_station_group": {
    "name": "Fire and Rescue (NJC): station and group managers",
    "fullTimeHours": 42,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 33 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 36 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "LGA: Grey Book (NJC for local authority fire and rescue services, 7th edition)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/fire-and-rescue-workforce-support/fire-and-rescue-services-24"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Grey Book (national fire and rescue terms), station and group managers (including Control): 28 days (Scale A) plus 5 days (Scale B), plus 3 long-service days after 5 years' continuous service, plus public holidays (8 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Part-time: pro-rata. Check service policy."
  },
  "fire_rescue_area": {
    "name": "Fire and Rescue (NJC): area managers",
    "fullTimeHours": 42,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 37 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 40 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "LGA: Grey Book (NJC for local authority fire and rescue services, 7th edition)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/fire-and-rescue-workforce-support/fire-and-rescue-services-24"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Grey Book (national fire and rescue terms), area managers: 35 days (Scale A) plus 2 days (Scale B), plus 3 long-service days after 5 years' continuous service, plus public holidays (8 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Part-time: pro-rata. Check service policy."
  },
  "fire_rescue_brigade": {
    "name": "Fire and Rescue (Gold Book): brigade managers, set locally",
    "fullTimeHours": 42,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 37 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 40 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "LGA: Gold Book (NJC for brigade managers of fire and rescue services, 6th edition)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/fire-and-rescue-workforce-support/brigade-managers/gold-book"
      },
      {
        "label": "LGA: Grey Book (area manager leave scale)",
        "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/fire-and-rescue-workforce-support/fire-and-rescue-services-24"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Brigade managers (chief, deputy and assistant chief fire officers) are on Gold Book terms, not the Grey Book. Each fire and rescue authority sets their annual and public holiday leave locally, but it must be no less favourable than an area manager's. The figures shown are that minimum: 35 days (Scale A) plus 2 days (Scale B), plus 3 long-service days after 5 years, plus public holidays (8 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Your contract may give more. Part-time: pro-rata.",
    "guideNote": "Brigade managers' leave is set locally under the Gold Book, so treat this as the national minimum (the area manager scale) and check your contract."
  },
  "armed_forces": {
    "name": "Armed Forces",
    "fullTimeHours": 40,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "GOV.UK: JSP 760 tri-service regulations for leave and other types of absence",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-760-tri-service-regulations-for-leave-and-other-types-of-absences"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "JSP 760 (tri-service leave rules): 38 days' annual leave a year including public holidays, shown here as 30 days plus 8 public holidays. The allowance does not rise with service. Joining or leaving part-way through the leave year (1 April to 31 March): pro-rata. Stand-down is extra. Part-time (Flexible Service): pro-rata."
  },
  "courts_judiciary": {
    "name": "Courts and Judiciary",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceNote": "Court staff often civil service–style. Judicial leave varies. Part-time: pro-rata."
  },
  "probation_prisons": {
    "name": "Prison Service (HMPPS)",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 10, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 10, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "GOV.UK: Looking After Our People, the Prison Service employee package (section 5.8)",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/looking-after-our-people-the-prison-service-employee-package/looking-after-our-people-the-prison-service-employee-package--2"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "HMPPS Prison Service employee package (section 5.8), England and Wales: new staff get 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 days after 10 years' service, plus 8 public holidays and one privilege day (the privilege day is not added here). HMPPS does not publish any steps in between, so the calculator shows 25 days until 10 years. Staff on older (pre-modernised) terms may have a different entitlement. Operational staff often work public holidays and take the time off on another day. Full time is 37 hours a week. Part-time: pro-rata. Check your contract."
  },
  "probation_service": {
    "name": "Probation Service (HMPPS)",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 1, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 1, "toYears": 2, "days": 26 },
      { "fromYears": 2, "toYears": 3, "days": 27 },
      { "fromYears": 3, "toYears": 4, "days": 28 },
      { "fromYears": 4, "toYears": 5, "days": 29 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "National Negotiating Council (NNC) for the Probation Service handbook, section A6 (GOV.UK copy)",
        "url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7f272ded915d74e6228b69/2014-05-31_NNC_handbook_legacy_version_with_revised_header__002_.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Probation Service staff, England and Wales: 25 days' annual leave on appointment, rising by a day a year to 30 days after 5 years' continuous service, plus public holidays (8 in England and Wales). This is the National Negotiating Council (NNC) handbook scale, and current Probation Service job adverts give the same 25 days rising to 30 after five years. The NNC handbook also gives two service days a year (three after seven years); we could not confirm these still apply, so they are not added. Full time is 37 hours a week. Part-time: pro-rata. Check your contract."
  },
  "fe_pay": {
    "name": "Further Education",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "days": 35 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceNote": "Each college sets its own leave in its contracts, so there is no national further education scale. The 35 days plus bank holidays used here is an illustration, not your entitlement: your contract may give more or less. Part-time: pro-rata. Check your contract."
  },
  "he_pay": {
    "name": "Higher Education",
    "fullTimeHours": 36.5,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "days": 35 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceUrls": [
      {
        "label": "UCEA: Benefits of Working in HE 2023",
        "url": "https://www.ucea.ac.uk/library/publications/benefits-of-working-in-he-23/"
      }
    ],
    "sourceNote": "Each university sets its own leave. UCEA's 2023 benefits survey found a median of 35 days for academic staff and 30 for professional services staff, not counting bank holidays and closure days. The 35 days plus bank holidays used here is the academic median, an illustration rather than your university's figure. Closure days are extra and not added here. Part-time: pro-rata. Check your contract."
  },
  "transport_bodies": {
    "name": "Transport Bodies",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceNote": "Varies by employer. Illustrative. Part-time: pro-rata."
  },
  "default": {
    "name": "Public sector (illustrative)",
    "fullTimeHours": 37,
    "serviceBands": [
      { "fromYears": 0, "toYears": 5, "days": 25 },
      { "fromYears": 5, "days": 30 }
    ],
    "bankHolidays": 8,
    "sourceNote": "Illustrative. Check your employer for actual entitlement. Part-time: pro-rata."
  }
}