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Annual Leave for Part Timers Question

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  • heretolearn_2
    heretolearn_2 Posts: 3,565 Forumite
    When it comes to an odd amount of leave, the employer can round up but they are not allowed to round down. There is a leave calculator on the business link website that tells you this very clearly.
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  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    If your normal working days include a Monday, you would be entitled to be paid pro-rata for a Bank Holiday if other staff were. If your normal working days don't include a Monday, you're not entitled. In short, as a part timer you are only entitled to paid bank holidays where they fall on a day you'd normally work.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    Hammyman wrote: »
    If your normal working days include a Monday, you would be entitled to be paid pro-rata for a Bank Holiday if other staff were. If your normal working days don't include a Monday, you're not entitled. In short, as a part timer you are only entitled to paid bank holidays where they fall on a day you'd normally work.

    This changed with the new part time rules some time ago and the increase in statutory holiday means there is no get out for many employees anymore.

    Part time workers cannot be treated differntly to full time workers and must get the same prorata holidays, the days you work should not make any difference.

    For those employers that only give statutory holidays that include bank holidays they HAVE to give prorata that will include some for the BH..
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