Employer buying two weeks leave

iamnotamused

zagfles wrote: »

Doesn't sound right at all. 10 days pay should be worth at least 2 weeks pay gross, ie £623, and there's no reason to deduct more than 32% tax & NI (probably less as per my other post)

So you should get at least £423

That is what I'd expected too :-)

Notmyrealname

iamnotamused wrote: »

I appreciate that but taking 28 days leave is nigh on impossible when working with animals on a small farm.

That is not your problem. It is up to the employer to ensure there is ample opportunity. A friend of mine works on a pig farm and has no problem taking holiday.

paddedjohn

your employer is not allowed to buy unused holidays but you are allowed to carry over upto 1.6 weeks, 8 days if you both agree.

iamnotamused

Notmyrealname wrote: »

That is not your problem. It is up to the employer to ensure there is ample opportunity. A friend of mine works on a pig farm and has no problem taking holiday.

Thank you most kindly for your words of wisdom. Not in the least bit patronising :-)

iamnotamused

paddedjohn wrote: »

your employer is not allowed to buy unused holidays but you are allowed to carry over upto 1.6 weeks, 8 days if you both agree.

You didn't read the whole thread, did you? :-)

bendix

paddedjohn wrote: »

your employer is not allowed to buy unused holidays but you are allowed to carry over upto 1.6 weeks, 8 days if you both agree.

Not true. Many large employers - my own included - have flexible benefit schemes which enable employees to both buy and sell holiday time. In my own organisation, I can choose to sell back up to 5 days Annual Leave per year, or - similarly - I can buy an extra 5 days holiday per year.

One day's leave costs 1/260th of my annual salary.

This applied both in the UK when I worked there before, and here in HK too.

Evilm

It sounds like he has put it on your payslip as a salary increase by using your standard code instead of a one off code. Depending on how close to the next tax band you are it could have tricked the payroll software into thinking you have become a higher rate tax payer.

IF this is the case then you can get a refund of the overpaid tax. Either the software will correct it in a couple of months or you can contact the Tax Office after April and ask them to do a calculation for the refund.

mildred1978

iamnotamused wrote: »

Because I have livestock under my care and do actually care.

What happens to the livestock on the 2 days a week you don't work?

Uncertain

bendix wrote: »

Not true. Many large employers - my own included - have flexible benefit schemes which enable employees to both buy and sell holiday time. In my own organisation, I can choose to sell back up to 5 days Annual Leave per year, or - similarly - I can buy an extra 5 days holiday per year.

One day's leave costs 1/260th of my annual salary.

This applied both in the UK when I worked there before, and here in HK too.

There is no problem with buying any amount of extra leave (obviously if both parties agree).

Presumably you must get more than the statutory minimum of 28 days in order to legally "sell" some of your entitlement. AFAIK the only time it is legal to be paid for untaken statutory holiday is when you leave the company. Obviously you can agree whatever you like regarding additional contractual holiday.

OK, not the best legal source but Direct.Gov are definite about this.....

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

Glennn

Right.... seems people are getting off the actual question asked.

Go to http://listentotaxman.com/index.php and put your figures into that. As someone has previously said, it could be the payroll software being used thinking you have had a rise and when putting £900+ in for the week it is assuming that is what you will earn for the rest of the year. Still seems incorrect though but see what calculations she comes back with and post them here.