new employer will not pay me my holiday pay

edmond

I started a new job at the beginning of June, at the interview I made it clear that I had a holiday booked 3 weeks after my start date, I started my job, 3 weeks later I took my holiday. got my June pay slip all fine.
Now I have just revived my July pay slip and noticed the 5 days holiday I took in June have been deducted are the aloud to do this, and if they are when am I supposed to get that 5 days pay?

98jdougl

Most places I have worked you're not entitled to any holiday pay until you have been there at least 3 months and then it's only for 1/4 of the days you are entitled to in the year (since 3 months is a quarter of the year)

Zazen999

What did the wages dept say when you called them up about it?

fengirl_2

Although you accrue holiday from day one, many employers will not pay the full rate until you have worked long enough to accrue rights to the 3 weeks you want. This is because some employees leave before they have accrued enough holiday to cover what they have been paid for and the employer never gets the money back.
Strictly you are only entitled to one twelth of your entitlement for each month of employment. You need to just check that they will refund your wages as you accrue more entitlement.

edmond

Zazen999 wrote: »

What did the wages dept say when you called them up about it?

I have not spoken to the wadges department my boss is my wadges department

98jdougl

Did you dicuss holiday pay when you said that you would be going on holiday?

Zazen999

I suspect they are allowing you the time, but as unpaid rather than paid. Have you got a contract at all?

Debt_Free_Chick

edmond wrote: »

I started a new job at the beginning of June, at the interview I made it clear that I had a holiday booked 3 weeks after my start date, I started my job, 3 weeks later I took my holiday. got my June pay slip all fine.
Now I have just revived my July pay slip and noticed the 5 days holiday I took in June have been deducted are the aloud to do this, and if they are when am I supposed to get that 5 days pay?

All they did was to authorise that you could have that time off.

If you had not accrued holiday to cover that time (and you wouldn't have done) then you have no entitlement to have that holiday paid.

You only ever get paid for holiday if you have accrued the days to cover it. Otherwise, it's unpaid - unless your employer agrees, voluntarily, to pay it.

Did you get paid for holiday accrued, but not taken, when you left your previous job?

edmond

I need to check my contract, at the interview i told them i had a weeks holiday linned up but it was not discussed

Debt_Free_Chick

I'm guessing though that you had accrued holiday in your last job - otherwise, you wouldn't have booked this time off. When you left that job, presumably they paid you for this holiday, which you had accrued and not taken - so you have already been paid for it.

edmond

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

I'm guessing though that you had accrued holiday in your last job - otherwise, you wouldn't have booked this time off. When you left that job, presumably they paid you for this holiday, which you had accrued and not taken - so you have already been paid for it.

I think your right.