Leaving a term-time only job - holiday pay

bananz

Hi there,

I work 15 hours a week in an independent school in Scotland and informally told my employers that I wish to leave at the end of this school year (end of term is 24th June). I am paid in 12 equal monthly instalments and can't take any time off during the school term. I was expecting that having worked for all my contracted days during the academic year that I would be paid for a good chunk of the summer holiday, however I was told that I will only be paid until the end of June with no holiday pay. I don't think I was ever given a copy of my contract so I can't check to see if anything is in there about this situation.

Does anyone have any insight into whether this is a fair outcome for me? I only need to give 4 weeks' notice, so I could have been sneaky and resigned during the summer holidays, but I wanted to be fair and upfront with them and I can't help but feel like I'm not receiving fairness in return.

Am I being unreasonable or does the above situation seem correct?

If I was going straight into another job, I probably wouldn't quibble, but I'm actually going full time in a business I currently run part time and have to go to France for the first two weeks of July for a family wedding so I could really do with all the income I can get to ease the transition!

Many thanks in advance for any help:)

divadee

I work a time term only job. We are paid a holiday 'uplift' every month in our salary so we don't receive holiday pay like the norm.

So I work 37 weeks a year and get paid for 42 weeks and they divide that by 12 so I get equal monthly instalments.

So your school could be completely correct.

getmore4less

You need to get a lot more detail and may have to work back to when you started.

The key will be the holiday year and how much holiday they allocate you for the weeks you work.

bananz

Thanks a lot for responding. The problem is that I have no idea how my pay is calculated. I perhaps naively assumed that the salary was simply an annual salary factoring in the number of weeks of school holidays and divided by 12. I didn't consider that there might be anything more complicated going on. I guess my logic was that I couldn't have worked any more hours than I did during the school year and so I should therefore be due all the salary for the year. I will be leaving at the end of two full academic years at the school as I started in August 2014. Tis all very confusing I must say!

kingfisherblue

Ask for a copy of your contract and/or the staff handbook.

divadee

How many weeks holiday pay do you get? Are you teaching staff as they are on different contracts where I work.

Most non teaching term time staff it is worked out like I get paid. Paid for X amount of weeks (will depend on your contract weeks per year) per year plus holiday uplift and divided by 12.

getmore4less

The issue is that unless you know the holiday year can't work out what you are due

If it is does match the school year(seems sensible) then you should be due your standard full years wage.

As standard full time worker works 46.4 weeks and gets paid 5.6 weeks holiday pay

as an example 37week term time worker is due 5.6*37/46.4 = 4.47 weeks holiday.

bananz

Thanks all. I believe the year is 1st August to 31st July. I'm non-teaching staff but I think most of the other non-teaching staff are on normal contracts, not term time only. I honestly don't remember ever being given a copy of my terms of employment!

basil92

bananz wrote: »

Thanks all. I believe the year is 1st August to 31st July. I'm non-teaching staff but I think most of the other non-teaching staff are on normal contracts, not term time only. I honestly don't remember ever being given a copy of my terms of employment!

Sounds about right for a private school...couldn't organise a !!!! up in a brewery except for when those who hold the purse strings want an all expenses paid trip to somewhere exotic, or need to drum up some business so find the means to stock a plentiful bar and buffet..

!!!! those who really keep the place going....

Sorry went a bit OT there, but OP don't hold your breath on being paid any more, some times it's easier just to accept the inevitable:(

whitewing

Do your payslips show any breakdown of holiday from the previous full year that you worked?

If you started in Aug originally did you get paid in that Aug?

bartelbe

The mistake you made was to tell them now. You should resigned just before the start of the next term, giving the minimum notice period.

Your employer should have made the notice period long enough that they have time to find a replacement.