Bank holiday pay

shazspice

I work in retail and if you choose to work a bank holiday you get paid time and a half. However if you choose not to work it you still get paid for a whole day. So i was thinking is it worth working a bank holiday. Lets say for example i get paid £5 a hour i could stay at home and get paid this where if i went to work i would get pai £7.50 an hour so really im only getting £2.50 to go to work. Is this correct or have i got everything muddled up?

mrcow

Where I work, you get paid normal hours if you don't work bank holiday.

And you get paid normal hours plus double time overtime if you go into work.

iceicebaby

Where I work if you work a bank holiday you get no extra pay but you get the day back to have off when you want. We have to work bank holidays on a rota on this basis and end up doing about 2 out of the 8 per year

shazspice

so mrcow if u get paid £5 an hour would u get paid £15 an hour on a bank hol?

Tarry

I done a 11 hour shift last Friday (bank holiday) and I'm not sure if I got paid any extra for doing so, some staff say I do and some staff said I didn't. I think I've got a day in "lieu" though.

Reds-on-Sea

yes, I think that's what Mrcow means.

if you get time x 1.5 on a bank holiday, but everyone gets paid for the day anyway. (I think this is the same as my work) then, at the end of the day, taking everything into account, you'll have 2.5 x your basic salary for that day. £5 an hour = £12.50 an hour.

BUT best to double check. I'd be fuming if I found out I'd worked a day for 1/2 time!

LittleVoice

shazspice wrote: »

I work in retail and if you choose to work a bank holiday you get paid time and a half. However if you choose not to work it you still get paid for a whole day. So i was thinking is it worth working a bank holiday. Lets say for example i get paid £5 a hour i could stay at home and get paid this where if i went to work i would get pai £7.50 an hour so really im only getting £2.50 to go to work. Is this correct or have i got everything muddled up?

No you're not. You are being paid £7.50/hour plus you have a day's holiday to take at another time (when you will be paid £5/hour).

Look at it another way - stay at home on a bank holiday and get £5/hour but lose a day's holiday.

What you actually want to do depends on how much you value having a particular day off compared with the EXTRA cash.

shazspice

LittleVoice wrote: »

No you're not. You are being paid £7.50/hour plus you have a day's holiday to take at another time (when you will be paid £5/hour).

Look at it another way - stay at home on a bank holiday and get £5/hour but lose a day's holiday.

What you actually want to do depends on how much you value having a particular day off compared with the EXTRA cash.

i dont think we get a days holiday to take at another time

mrcow

shazspice wrote: »

so mrcow if u get paid £5 an hour would u get paid £15 an hour on a bank hol?

You'd get your normal wage then plus double time per hour whatever you worked - so the short answer is "yes"

lil_lady_2

ok my partners normal wage was £7ish and his time and a half was £11 ish . but never had the bank holiday option.
today he was paid £100 for 2 hours work but thats becouse they knew he was looking forward to this bank holiday.(someone didn't turn up to work).

LittleVoice

shazspice wrote: »

i dont think we get a days holiday to take at another time

What is your contractual holiday entitlement?