UK9-day fortnight2027

9-day fortnight annual leave planner for 2027

A fixed nine-day fortnight has one rostered day off in every 14-day cycle. One confirmed RDO date maps the repeating pattern and exposes leave windows around weekends and region-specific bank holidays.

Open the exact-date planner

14-day timecardOne confirmed RDO

Fixed cycle9 workdays / 14

The repeating pattern

Anchor one genuine RDO.

The anchor must be a date that the employee’s fixed pattern marks as the rostered day off. The planner repeats that RDO every 14 calendar days in both directions through 2027.

Fixed Monday–Friday pattern · one RDO per fortnight · equal-length compressed workdays

Known rostered day off A real RDO is required, not a bank holiday or a booked leave date. Shortest break to show Inclusive calendar days from the first day off to the last.

How is the confirmed leave balance recorded?

DaysEach compressed working day costs one leave day. HoursThe balance is converted using the equal workday length below.

Confirmed leave balance Enter days or hours as selected above. Employer records remain final. Hours in each compressed workday Only equal-length workdays are supported. Decimal hours are retained.

Which UK bank-holiday calendar applies?

England & Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

How should bank holidays be treated?

Confirmed paid days offUse only when the employer confirms that applicable bank holidays are non-working days outside the entered leave cost. Follow the work patternA bank holiday remains a working day unless it is a weekend or the repeating RDO.

The calculation is a planning comparison. It does not determine contractual entitlement, approve leave or confirm that a bank holiday is non-working.

Worked example · England & Wales

Three leave days can connect ten days off.

Assumptions: Friday 2 April 2027 is the confirmed RDO, weekends are non-working, and the employer confirms Good Friday and Easter Monday as paid days off outside the three leave days.

Fri 26 MarGood FridayConfirmed off
27–28 MarWeekend2 days
Mon 29 MarEaster MondayConfirmed off
30 Mar–1 AprRequest leave3 days
Fri 2 AprRostered day off14-day anchor
3–4 AprWeekend2 days

Result: ten consecutive calendar days away from Friday 26 March through Sunday 4 April 2027, using annual leave on Tuesday 30 March, Wednesday 31 March and Thursday 1 April. If either bank holiday is normally worked, the same ten-day result requires additional leave.

Questions the pattern must answer

9-day fortnight planner FAQ

What pattern does this planner support?

It supports a fixed Monday-to-Friday arrangement in which nine equal-length compressed days are worked across two weeks and one weekday is a rostered day off every 14 calendar days. Weekends are treated as non-working.

Why is one known RDO date required?

The calendar date determines which alternating week contains the RDO. The planner adds and subtracts exact 14-day intervals from that anchor; a date that is merely leave or a bank holiday would shift every calculated RDO.

How are leave hours converted?

When the balance is entered in hours, the planner divides it by the confirmed hours in one equal compressed workday. Decimal hours are retained. Unequal day lengths are outside this planner’s scope.

Are bank holidays automatically days off?

No. Whether an employee works a bank holiday depends on the employment contract and workplace arrangements. The confirmed-off option applies only when the employer has confirmed that the date is non-working without consuming the entered leave balance.

Does the result calculate holiday entitlement?

No. It allocates a balance that has already been confirmed. Statutory and contractual entitlement, bank-holiday deductions, part-year accrual, carry-over and approval remain outside the calculation.

Where do the 2027 bank-holiday dates come from?

The regional dates come from the official GOV.UK bank-holiday calendar. Northern Ireland employment guidance is available through nidirect.

Strict scope

The live contract and roster remain authoritative.

This planner is limited to a stable 14-day pattern with one genuine RDO, equal-length compressed workdays, Monday-to-Friday working days and non-working weekends.

It is not suitable for rotating shifts, four-on-four-off rotas, alternating RDO weekdays, more than one RDO per fortnight, unequal shift lengths, irregular-hours or part-year work, a mid-year start or finish, or a leave year that does not cover January through December 2027.

A bank holiday is not automatically paid time off. Employers can include bank holidays within statutory annual leave and can set closure and notice rules. The result does not establish entitlement, pay, approval or a contractual right to any date.

Official references: 2027 UK bank holidays, GOV.UK holiday entitlement, Acas bank-holiday guidance, and nidirect holiday entitlement.

Employees on other patterns can use the 4-on-4-off planner, the part-time bank-holiday calculator, or the fixed-week planner only when the corresponding assumptions match.