One in five Irish workers left a week of unused leave last year

A worker survey has found that the number of unused leave days is increasing

Almost half of workers had unused leave days.

One in five adult Irish workers failed to use a week's worth of annual leave last year while (42%) did not make full use of their holiday entitlements.

A worker survey carried out by FRS Recruitment found 15% of people said they did not take four days, 17% had three days which went unused, 19% did not use two days of leave, and 3% had one day’s holiday remaining.