part time or fulltime??

pipjes

sorry im not sure where i should have posted this, but i hope here is ok?! my husband works 30 hours a week, which i thought was classified as fulltime, but his boss says its part time. and we`re not sure how many paid holidays hes entilted to -if any??as his boss hasnt been very forthcoming with his answers when i ask him. ive been asking for ages so that we can book some time off over christmas, does anyone know the the rights and entiltlements to a 30 hour week, thanks

tru

I don't think it matters if it's full or part time, he's entitled to 4 weeks. So that'll be 4 of his working weeks, if you see what I mean.

When I was employed, I worked 16 hrs per week over 3 days so I was entitled to 12 days. As my working week was only 3 days long, that made 4 weeks.

I'm not explaining myself very well am I...........

tru

THIS SITE explains it better

pipjes

troo, thats great, that will save alot of arguements, thanks

Savvy_Sue

I'm sure that link is very helpful, but another good one to know about is ACAS. If he hasn't had a written contract then AFAIK there are certain 'implied terms', certainly about how much leave you can take each year.

black-saturn

My ex husband (thank god) used to work 37 hours a week and because he wasnt working the ful 39 hours a week he was still classed as being part time. One good thing about that was that because of that we qualified for more tax credits. Sorry I cant tell you more details, I've blocked most of that awful time of my life out of my head.

donnajunkie

i think that more than 16 hrs a week is classed as part time believe it or not. there is a catch though. an employer can give you a part time contract with fixed part time hours but then ask you to work more hours. even if you work 40 hrs, if you have a part time contract you still only have the rights of a part time worker.

donnajunkie

also i suggest you go to your local citizens advice bureau to find out all of your rights that you are not sure about. you might need to take along copies of some payslips and his employment contract so they can see exactly were he is at. i also recomend him joining a trade union. even if the company is not one that recognises a union they still have to recognise the law and employment rights. a union would help sort out any problems you might have related to this.

pipjes

thanks for your help everyone, :xmastree: :xmassign: :xmassign:

Savvy_Sue

donnajunkie wrote:

there is a catch though. an employer can give you a part time contract with fixed part time hours but then ask you to work more hours. even if you work 40 hrs, if you have a part time contract you still only have the rights of a part time worker.

But hasn't the law changed so that a part-time worker can't be treated less favourably than a full-time worker? Maybe there are still exceptions, but if, for example, you don't work regular hours then your holiday pay is based on the average no. of hours worked over the previous weeks - see the ACAS site for details. And you can't be refused the right to join the pension scheme or stuff like that.

mah_jong

In my last job I was on a 30 hour seasonal contract, was there 6 years. The housr went up to 39 in the busy times and down to 30 during the slow. My holiday pay reflected this. X days at 30hours, x days at 39.

I had pension rights too..once some one told me after 2 years!!! (should have been able to get them at start seemingly!).