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Part time worker holiday entitlement

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  • General_Grant
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    Thanks, I have not asked about working Thursday in Bank Holiday weeks, although as they nearly always fall in a school week and my youngest is at school still I would probably prefer to just be working the 2 days in the week and use the holiday. The not working Thursday is just a preference on the whole for other life commitments.

    I am going to email them and would like to reference where I have found these details. Obviously I do not wish to point them to this thread, is there a link other than the gov site I quoted (which I could use but would need to add that it is based on the statutory minimum and not my entitlement as you highlighted above)?

    Thanks again, I want to tread carefully but firmly as they say they consulted a 'HR specialist'.

    For part-timers not being treated less favourably than full-time staff (and therefore pro rating to the full-time annual leave entitlement) you could refer them to The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000.

    I agree that it is difficult to find any online calculator which does anything other than use the statutory minimum as the starting point.

    You could try referring them to the ACAS helpline but I suggest you check with ACAS first to ensure that they do understand it is not a calculation of statutory holiday entitlement that they will default to even when you tell them a full-timer is entitled to more. ACAS phone helpline staff have a certain reputation which raises doubts about their being able to deal with anything other than the minimum.

    Maybe their "HR Specialist" wasn't a specialist in holiday entitlements or numeracy.
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