Holiday Rights for Temps?

Pinkster64

Hi, I wondered if anyone could help me with the rumour that I ahve been told about holiday rights for temps who have completed 12 weeks work. I am temping for a company, no agency involved, and have been here 16 weeks. A friend said she thought I was entitled to holiday benefits. I trawled the web yesterday but couldn't find anything of use- does anyone know?

fengirl_2

Everyone, temp or not, is entitled to 28 days paid holiday (pro rata for part time). This right starts at day 1 of your employment.

tintysteph

ok, i am a temp, and money is deducted from my pay to cover holiday... i think it is about 75p per hour they take off me, so i can accrue holiday. Speak to your boss about it if you arent through an agency and she should be able to foward you on to someone who will know for definate!

tintysteph

fengirl wrote: »

Everyone, temp or not, is entitled to 28 days paid holiday (pro rata for part time). This right starts at day 1 of your employment.

That is 28 days INCLUDING Bank Holidays...

glider3560

tintysteph wrote: »

ok, i am a temp, and money is deducted from my pay to cover holiday... i think it is about 75p per hour they take off me, so i can accrue holiday. Speak to your boss about it if you arent through an agency and she should be able to foward you on to someone who will know for definate!

You shouldn't be paying to build up holiday - you are legally entitled to paid holiday.

tizhimi

I got half a day for every five days worked.

liney

glider3560 wrote: »

You shouldn't be paying to build up holiday - you are legally entitled to paid holiday.

I belive they ruled that rolled up holiday was allowed as long as it was transparent, and that this still resulted in the NMW being paid.

Quite a lot of agencies pay holidays in this manner quoting a rate of pay which includes holiday pay, then deducting the proportion to be held in a "pot" which is visible to the temp. If they didn't "deduct" the money, then they would just pay a lesser rate and the holidays wouldn't be as visible to the temporary worker.

As far as entitlement goes, anyone, even agency workers start to accrue holiday from day one of working. You are entitled to 5.6 weeks per year including bank holidays.

Pinkster64

Thanks Liney, do you know where I could actually find this so I can give them a legal type of document? Thanks again

Js_Other_Half

Pinkster64 wrote: »

Thanks Liney, do you know where I could actually find this so I can give them a legal type of document? Thanks again

Would this be the sort of thing you want?

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?r.s=sc&r.l1=1073858787&r.lc=en&r.l3=1074414642&r.l2=1073858926&type=RESOURCES&itemId=1074414966

Pinkster64

You are a superstar, my manager has agreed I should get holiday. Thank you all:j

Motorvating

[QUOTE=liney

As far as entitlement goes, anyone, even agency workers start to accrue holiday from day one of working. You are entitled to 5.6 weeks per year including bank holidays.[/QUOTE]

You have made a typo error on your calculation here. The 5.6 is what you mulitply your working week by.

For a basic calculation of your leave allowance multiply the number of days you work a week by 5.6. For example, if you work a five day week you would be entitled to 28 day' annual leave a year:
5 days x 5.6 weeks = 28 days