Question about agency holiday pay please?

LittleVoice

Thriftysaver wrote: »

Although I wouldn't be happy if they were taking hol pay from a minimum wage.

That would not be legal.

SendingFailed

liney wrote: »

Why on earth would they not be able to do this? if you worked for a company on a permanent basis there would be nothing stopping you working until September without booking leave, then taking 2 weeks in September, and the remainder in November. As long as you have a rest period of 5.6 weeks during the year, which months you take the break in do not matter.

If you wanted you holiday pay sooner, then you would have actually had to book holiday and be absent from work as you are not allowed to be paid, and work at the same time: that would mean you were not getting the minimum rest period of 5.6 weeks per year.

In short you accrued holidays, that you haven't taken so the company have said they will pay you for them instead when you leave them, yet you are looking for a problem I just don't know what you are trying to achieve.

I'm not looking for a problem at all, I was just asking a question. There's absolutely no need.

Thriftysaver

QUOTE=LittleVoice;24970079]
That would not be legal.


Exactly!:beer:

liney

SendingFailed wrote: »

I'm not looking for a problem at all, I was just asking a question. There's absolutely no need.

That was what i was thinking :rotfl:

princessfayebaley

I worked as recruitment consultant for many years and for various agencies and some work different ways to others. There are two ways in which an agency pays holiday -
Rolled up holiday pay-this where approx 11% hourly rate that you are paid is your holiday pay. This basically means that when you take holidays you wont receive a payment bacuse you have alreay had in your hourly pay. In October 2007 there was a european employment act passed which suggested that agencies no longer used this method (even though not enforceable) and if they do it has to be clearly written in your contract and also has to be clearly stated on your wage slip.
Accrued holiday pay- basically you accrue holidays according to the amount of HOURS you have worked and again should be clearly stated on your wage slip.

The problem with accrued holiday pay is that depending on how ethical the agency is that you worked for they wont automatically give it to you, you will sometimes have to ring them and request it.

My advice would be to give them a cal and speak to either the consultant you dealt with or accounts and they will able to tell you what type of holiday pay you were on. If you were on accrued you simply have to ask for it, but if it was 'rolled up' you will have to dig out your contract and pay slips to see what is says regarding holiday entitlment and then ring ACAS who should beable to point you in the right direction.

Hope this helps x