help with bank holiday and weekly hours please??

SarEl

michellen34 wrote: »

Hi,

I am the only paid staff at the moment and the first paid employee he has taken on. I work 10-4 and my working week was monday tuesday and thursday half day even though i have been doing more than 16 hours per week voluntary (i work for a charity) which has now stopped (just this week) i have had a horrible time with him over the last 2 months, hes nasty to me, shouts at me infront of customers, sits me down for 2.5 hours to have a go at me telling me im not working or running the shop properly, phones me at home to have a go, my blood pressure has shot up and i just feel a nervous wreck around him now. I've had 2 verbal warnings and a 2 page written warning t none of which i've signed for (i'm led to believe you have to sign for them?)

Ah, you have posted before. I recall the posts. In that case I would put everything you have to say in writing.

mariefab

First you could print the page in the link provided by getmore4less at #9.

Then go here:

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858787&topicId=1079427399&r.l2=1073858926&r.s=tl

Click on:
first question
full year
days worked - continue
Fill in the date that your leave year starts, this may be in your contract. - continue
3 (days) - continue
Print the conclusion which will confirm your entitlement to 16.8 days statutory minimum paid holiday entitlement.

You could write a cover letter outlining the story so far with regard to your attempts to sort out your holiday entitlement with your employer. It would probably be a good idea to put the word Grievance in there somewhere.

Pop these into an envelope and send them to your employer by recorded delivery.
Keep copies for yourself.
Having thus 'lit the blue touch paper' (to borrow a phrase from Sarel), come back here for further advice when he responds.

michellen34

MrCEO wrote: »

You are entitled to 89.6 hours holiday a year

How many holidays do you get for bank holidays, xmas etc? How long are these days counted as at the time?

Edit based on the fact you work Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays only, Say your holiday year was Jan-Dec for 2010 you would have had 6 Public holiday days off at 6 hours per day so would still have 53.6 hours holiday entitlement to take.

It may also be you have had some public holidays you need to add for this.

If you have exhuasted a Holiday entitlement which seems unlikely and you had a day off then it is reasonable to expect you to work this back.

This is my best interpretation based on what you have posted.

Have you had no holidays outwith the public holidays?

Hi Ive had no holidays at all in the year i've been there, apart from bank hols and a week over last christmas

michellen34

SarEl wrote: »

Ah, you have posted before. I recall the posts. In that case I would put everything you have to say in writing.

Yes thats right, and its still going on. I will put it all in writing and see what happens. Thank you for your help again

LittleVoice

Have you got written particulars of your employment which should, by law, include information about entitlement to holidays? (I think I know the answer to that one!)

Regarding your holiday year - without anything in writing to the contrary, it will have started on the day you started work. So for example, if you started work on 4 July 2009, your holiday year would have ended on 3 July this year and the new one started again on 4 July.