Holiday entitlement and Christmas

samuela66

Good Afternoon


I started working for a new company end of October, my holiday runs from February until end of January. I work p/time all day wed/thur/fri, so they said I have four days holiday until the end of Jan but because they close down everyone has to save 3 days for that, so I have lost 3 days holiday, surely it should be pro rata like my holidays.


thanks
sam

paddedjohn

The company can choose when you take your holidays, in this case they say you have to take 3 of them during their shutdown.

Torry_Quine

If you are off three days then three will come off your allowance. A day is a day however many you are due.

paddedjohn

When you say pro rata remember that full timers will be using 5 days to get the week off, you are only using 3 because you don't work Mon or Tue anyway.

jobbingmusician

You haven't 'lost' 3 days' holiday as you won't be working those 3 days, you will be on holiday!

Like (almost) all workers, you have a statutory entitlement [STRIKE]to 33 [/STRIKE] of 28 days' holiday a year, pro rata. This statutory allowance includes an allowance for bank holidays. Your employers have calculated that your entitlement until the end of Jan is 4 days. Be very clear, employers are allowed to dictate exactly when workers take their holidays.

In this case, 3 of your 4 days fall when the company is closed, so the company is requiring you to take those days then. Simples! Unlucky for you, but when Christmas falls on a Mon or Tue you WON'T lose a day's holiday, as you will already be off.

spadoosh

Itll should be a little over 4 days. Not sure what youre on about pro rata, it is.

If the business is shut, you normally have to take your holidays then (christmas/BH/easter etc). A business can stipulate when you take holidays as to suit their needs.

What days are actually closed down?

samuela66

paddedjohn wrote: »

When you say pro rata remember that full timers will be using 5 days to get the week off, you are only using 3 because you don't work Mon or Tue anyway.

No they only have to use 3 as well.


thanks
sam

paddedjohn

jobbingmusician wrote: »

You haven't 'lost' 3 days' holiday as you won't be working those 3 days, you will be on holiday!

Like (almost) all workers, you have a statutory entitlement to 33 days holiday a year, pro rata. This statutory allowance includes an allowance for bank holidays. Your employers have calculated that your entitlement until the end of Jan is 4 days. Be very clear, employers are allowed to dictate exactly when workers take their holidays.

In this case, 3 of your 4 days fall when the company is closed, so the company is requiring you to take those days then. Simples! Unlucky for you, but when Christmas falls on a Mon or Tue you WON'T lose a day's holiday, as you will already be off.

Where did you get the figure 33 days from? Stat min entitlement is 28 days which can include the bank hols.

gettingtheresometime

jobbingmusician wrote: »

You haven't 'lost' 3 days' holiday as you won't be working those 3 days, you will be on holiday!

Like (almost) all workers, you have a statutory entitlement to 33 days holiday a year, pro rata. This statutory allowance includes an allowance for bank holidays. Your employers have calculated that your entitlement until the end of Jan is 4 days. Be very clear, employers are allowed to dictate exactly when workers take their holidays.

In this case, 3 of your 4 days fall when the company is closed, so the company is requiring you to take those days then. Simples! Unlucky for you, but when Christmas falls on a Mon or Tue you WON'T lose a day's holiday, as you will already be off.

I thought it was 28....has it increased?

samuela66

spadoosh wrote: »

Itll should be a little over 4 days. Not sure what youre on about pro rata, it is.

If the business is shut, you normally have to take your holidays then (christmas/BH/easter etc). A business can stipulate when you take holidays as to suit their needs.

What days are actually closed down?

26-30 dec and 2nd jan, everyone else has to use three also

Torry_Quine

samuela66 wrote: »

26-30 dec and 2nd jan, everyone else has to use three also

Then they will be using six days, not three.