Enter the standard weekly hours, your weekly hours under the compressed/reduced-hours arrangement, and the holiday entitlement into the calculator to determine the pro-rated holiday entitlement in hours.

Compressed Hours Holiday Calculator

Enter any 3 values to calculate the missing variable. If you enter Holiday Entitlement in days, Standard Weekly Hours must be provided (days are converted using Standard Weekly Hours ÷ 5, assuming a 5-day standard week).

Compressed Hours Holiday Formula

The following formula is used to calculate the compressed hours holiday for a given set of variables. 

CH = (C / S) * H

Variables:

  • CH is the compressed hours holiday
  • S is the standard weekly hours
  • C is the compressed weekly hours
  • H is the holiday entitlement

To calculate the compressed hours holiday, divide the compressed weekly hours by the standard weekly hours. Multiply the result by the holiday entitlement to get the compressed hours holiday. (CH and H should use the same unit; the calculator converts days to hours using S ÷ 5, assuming a 5‑day standard week.)

What is Compressed Hours Holiday?

Compressed hours holiday refers to the amount of holiday entitlement an employee receives when they work a compressed hours schedule (or another alternative pattern of weekly hours). A compressed hours schedule typically allows employees to work their standard weekly hours over fewer days, resulting in longer working days but more days off. If an employee’s total weekly hours do not change, their holiday entitlement in hours is typically unchanged; if their weekly hours change, holiday entitlement is commonly pro-rated in proportion to weekly hours worked.

How to Calculate Compressed Hours Holiday?

The following steps outline how to calculate the Compressed Hours Holiday.

  1. First, determine the standard weekly hours (S).
  2. Next, determine the compressed weekly hours (C).
  3. Next, determine the holiday entitlement (H).
  4. Finally, calculate the compressed hours holiday using the formula CH = (C / S) * H.
  5. After inserting the values and calculating the result, check your answer with the calculator above.

Example Problem : 

Use the following variables as an example problem to test your knowledge.

Standard Weekly Hours (S) = 40 hours/week

Compressed Weekly Hours (C) = 32 hours/week

Holiday Entitlement (H) = 25 days

Assuming a 5‑day standard week, 1 day = S ÷ 5 = 40 ÷ 5 = 8 hours, so H = 25 × 8 = 200 hours.

Compressed Hours Holiday (CH) = (C ÷ S) × H = (32 ÷ 40) × 200 = 160 hours (equivalent to 20 days at 8 hours/day).