Help with letter to work..re wages

gabyjane

viktory wrote: »

In that the letter has been written and the situation discussed with your employers. I posted before reading the entire thread.

Ah ok sorry..thanks anyway!!

gabyjane

Ok get moreforless thanks for the reply..im not sure how im working it out i will ever get across how i am working it out differently!

Basically if i work all year with no holidays and they pay me more surely i have had more monay coming in as will have had a higher wage each month as such? i know it works out the same but wouldnt my wages be higher each week/month etc?
Thanks

Mudd14

Yes your wages would be more each month but what happens when you go on holiday? You won't get paid for it as they have already included it in your pay! So for those periods you will earn less money.

I know you are saying what if I dont takethe holiday but by law you must take 5.6 weeks a year to comply with working time regulations

Snakeeyes21

Mudd14 wrote: »

I know you are saying what if I dont takethe holiday but by law you must take 5.6 weeks a year to comply with working time regulations

Maybe you should mention that you can opt out of the working time directive, people don't have to take any holiday if they choose not to, they just cant cant be forced not to take it, just in the same way people can opt to work over 48 hours if they choose.

This is the second comment Ive read tonight mentioning this piece of legislation without any mention of the optional opt out :eek:

Mudd14

The opt out relates to the 48 hour working week as far as I am aware, not holidays. However I may be wrong, I will do some reading

Mudd14

Regardless of the opt out it seems the employer has no legal obligation to insist the employee takes there statutory holiday so I stand corrected.

gabyjane

Thanks for the replys.

Ok so mudd14 IF i work all year for a higher wage each month with NO holidays taken i will effectively be better off? If i take any time off i will not get paid which is understood and therefore will lose whatever i dont work? That is the point of this though i dont take holiday and if i do i take about 2 weeks max.

As for them making me take time off then there is no point to this is there? They never made me take it last year and i never go the extra money for losing it as such so?

Mudd14

If you don't take the 5.6 weeks holiday then yes you will be better off as you are effectively being paid in lieu of your holiday.

Zazen999

Payment in lieu for holiday or 'buying out'

On 1 April 2009 the minimum holiday entitlement rose to 5.6 weeks (28 days if you work five days a week). You cannot exchange any untaken leave for pay.


Taken from the gvt website:


http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_171945

Mudd14

However if thy are paying her holiday with her hourly rate at a type of rolled up holiday and she will not be taking the time off they are effectively paying her in lieu.

I agree that it does bend a lot of rules but if the employer is happy to do it then they are the fools