Holiday Entitlement

Googlewhacker

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

my point was more that if the contract is 20 days PLUS the BHs which the employer recognises, and the employer chooses NOT to recognise Christmas - or even the Red one at the start of May, say - well, surely that's illegal? because it wouldn't be 5.6 weeks if they did NOT recognise all the 'normal' BHs.

I didn't think employers could pick and choose what was or was not a BH. of course you can be required to work on one, at no extra pay, but you would have to get a day's leave in lieu.

Gotcha, I guess the company probably said this because some countries have more bank holidays than others and if they are multi national it may be that they don't want to give more away than neccersary?

Tigsteroonie

My company gives 28 days per year and in theory pro-rata's that for part-years worked ... but they also publish a table stating exactly how many days you get for "complete months worked". So I have no entitlement for August (part-worked) and only have an entitlement for September to December.

I'm presuming, OP, that your company is not so specific in the entitlement wording?

Googlewhacker

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

My company gives 28 days per year and in theory pro-rata's that for part-years worked ... but they also publish a table stating exactly how many days you get for "complete months worked". So I have no entitlement for August (part-worked) and only have an entitlement for September to December.

I'm presuming, OP, that your company is not so specific in the entitlement wording?

I'm not sure I would kick a fuss up but you will be entitled to some holiday for August unless Sept-Dec provides you more than the statutory minimum you would have got including the part time August.

anamenottaken

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

My company gives 28 days per year and in theory pro-rata's that for part-years worked ... but they also publish a table stating exactly how many days you get for "complete months worked". So I have no entitlement for August (part-worked) and only have an entitlement for September to December.

I'm presuming, OP, that your company is not so specific in the entitlement wording?

See post #5 above.

Blobby8_2

Googlewhacker wrote: »

Very hard, the company would just say 'yes thats fine to the statutory right' and then a few weeks later 'Sorry here is your notice, your work is not upto scratch'

This is VERY GOOD advice I suggest you take it.

tizerbelle

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

so if an employer from a non-Christian or of no faith neither recognises nor observes Christmas bank holidays that's OK is it? ???

As long as employees get their statutory minimum of 5.6 weeks holiday per year then yes, there is no right that says employees don't have to work on bank holidays.

Many many retail staff for example have to work bank holidays and not on double time or for time off in lieu but as a normal day.

We actually have this in our contracts - rewritten last year by an employment solicitor. We have a few field based staff who live and work in Scotland although the company is based and registered in England. Scotland has 9 bank holidays a year and some are on different days to the English 8 bank holidays. If a Scottish bank holiday does not coincide with an English one, the Scottish employees do not get this day off, it is a normal day of work. They get the 8 english bank holidays like everyone else in the company because those are bank holidays that the company observes.

On a positive note, the company has confirmed that they will be observing the Royal Wedding in 2011 and the Queen's Jubilee in 2012 so we are all getting the extra day off work

Savvy_Sue

tizerbelle wrote: »

We actually have this in our contracts - rewritten last year by an employment solicitor. We have a few field based staff who live and work in Scotland although the company is based and registered in England. Scotland has 9 bank holidays a year and some are on different days to the English 8 bank holidays. If a Scottish bank holiday does not coincide with an English one, the Scottish employees do not get this day off, it is a normal day of work. They get the 8 english bank holidays like everyone else in the company because those are bank holidays that the company observes.

that makes sense, although I bet that goes down well in Scotland!

getmore4less

iceicebaby wrote: »

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DVardysShadow wrote: »

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