| Short Title: | Holidays with Pay Act 1938 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to enable wage regulating authorities to make provision for holidays and holiday remuneration for workers whose wages they regulate, and to enable the Minister of Labour to assist voluntary schemes for securing holidays with pay for workers in any industry. |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Citation: | 1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70 |
| Royal Assent: | 29 July 1938 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/1-2/70/contents/enacted |
The Holidays with Pay Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70) was legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for paid holidays for working class employees,[1] and was the result of a twenty-year campaign.[2]
The Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004.[3]
It led to the popularity of holiday camps such as those run by Butlins[4]
The provisions of the Act have largely been replaced by the European Working Time Directive enacted by statutory instrument 1998/1833 - Working Time Regulations 1998