calculating holiday with irregular hours

tir21

elsien wrote: »

No they'd get 28 days or 112 hours.

ok - got it

notanewuser

tir21 wrote: »

thanks but this would obviously mean a big difference between having 28 4 hour days off rather than 28 10.5 hour days off

But with your 224 hours a year you could take 56 4 hour shifts off.

Or 21 and a bit 10.5 hour days off.

tir21

isnt it supposed to be 5.6 weeks ?

notanewuser

tir21 wrote: »

isnt it supposed to be 5.6 weeks ?

Not when you don't work standard hours!!!!

224 hours is 5.6 weeks of your averaged hours. However, not all of your days are the same length, so you can't think of it like that.

What is your shift pattern?

stix62

tir21 wrote: »

isnt it supposed to be 5.6 weeks ?

It's 5.6 'weeks' assuming you work 'full time', and any part time or irregular hours below that are worked out pro rata.

As HappyMJ said, the percentage used is 12.07% (28/232). That would be the easiest way to work out your holiday entitlement at any particular moment. Just multiply the hours you've worked to that point by 0.1207.

paddedjohn

OP, its easier to say you get 224 hours off which means that if you are off on a day that you work 9.5 hrs then your entitlement is reduced by that amount. In theory (if your employer allowed it) you could take 23.5 days off when you should be working 9.5hrs or you could have 56 days off when you should be working 4hrsas long as the total allowed is 224hrs