Nearly two million workers miss out on their legal holiday entitlement - partly because they do not have enough time to take all their leave, a study suggests.
Research by the TUC shows one in 14 employees loses some of the time they are due to take off.
Unrealistic workloads and employers denying holiday requests or failing to keep up to date with the law were the main reasons, says the TUC.
Women were more affected than men, while workers in education, health and social care and retail were most likely to lose out, according to the report.
Workers are entitled to 28 days holiday for a typical five-day week, though the TUC said previous research revealed employees put in £32billion worth of unpaid overtime last year.
General secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Every worker deserves a break to spend time off with friends and family, but millions are missing out on the paid leave they are owed.
“British workers put in billions of pounds worth of unpaid overtime as it is.
“Employers have no excuse for robbing staff of their leave.
“The Government must toughen up enforcement to stop bosses cheating working people out of their holidays and ministers must not resurrect tribunal fees which stopped people enforcing their rights.”
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