Should I be getting my full holiday entitlement as I do not work on Bank Holidays?

agrinnall

getmore4less wrote: »

the calculation may be correct but the OP is saying they are not getting paid for (some/all) the BH deducted hours.

Yes, I missed that, obviously the calculation is only correct if the hours are being paid. It probably needs to be taken up collectively as sue suggests.

Xbigman

I checked with the nights clerk that does the holidays where I work last night. If the deduction of hours is unpaid they are definitely wrong. At least in his opinion.

You mentioned that its a small company and everyone works the odd hours you do. Be aware that this could be a company wide problem that for a small company will hurt financially. Be very diplomatic taking this forward.



Darren

FBaby

Are you saying that the week of a bank holidays, you don't get your normal salary but get paid for 3 days instead of 4?

The way aggrinal has calculated it is correct. What should happen is that you should book the bank holidays are you taking time off and therefore getting paid for them OR, they should be automatically be deducted from your holiday entitlement, but paid as a working day.

crazysunshine54

FBaby wrote: »

Are you saying that the week of a bank holidays, you don't get your normal salary but get paid for 3 days instead of 4?

The way aggrinal has calculated it is correct. What should happen is that you should book the bank holidays are you taking time off and therefore getting paid for them OR, they should be automatically be deducted from your holiday entitlement, but paid as a working day.

The weeks where there is a Bank Holiday I've only been paid for the usual 5 days I work... nothing extra. I've been looking at all previous pay slips for months where BHs fall and I've never been paid for them, nor have I had holiday hours in lieu.

Snuggles

Surely if a bank holiday falls on a non working day for the OP, they should be able to take those hours off another day? That's certainly what happens where I work.

FBaby

The weeks where there is a Bank Holiday I've only been paid for the usual 5 days I work... nothing extra.

What do you mean 'only'. You are paid for your 32 hours, yet work less than 32 hours that week, so you are indeed being paid for the bank holiday day you are not working.

getmore4less

FBaby wrote: »

What do you mean 'only'. You are paid for your 32 hours, yet work less than 32 hours that week, so you are indeed being paid for the bank holiday day you are not working.

I was getting confused as well.

OP says earlier(I had to look it up) they work 5 of the 7 but not normally on a Monday so on BH week still work 32hr..

I think what is happening is the OP is getting the BH allowance taken from the holiday hours and not getting them paid.

They either need to be put back into their allowance or the OP should take/given some PAID time off on the BH weeks.

crazysunshine54

FBaby wrote: »

What do you mean 'only'. You are paid for your 32 hours, yet work less than 32 hours that week, so you are indeed being paid for the bank holiday day you are not working.

What I mean is that I'm contracted to work 32 hours a week, but I do not work on Mondays, so never on a BH. I don't work less than the 32 hours in BH weeks.

jobbingmusician

Let's sort this out once and for all.

In BH weeks, you seem to be expecting something special to happen. Why? You don't take, or get, holiday pay.

What you get is an annual holiday allowance, which includes BH. If the company is closed on a day when you normally work, due to a BH, you have taken a holiday which is deducted from your annual allowance. If the company is closed and you wouldn't normally be at work on that day, you have not taken a holiday so your holiday balance is unchanged.

What you seem to be suggesting is that you are being deducted holiday for days when the company is closed but you wouldn't be contracted to work anyway - which is clearly wrong. But you are also suggesting that you expect something special to happen to your pay packet in a BH week, which suggests to me that you are thoroughly confused!

I agree that your statutory holiday is 179.2 hours per year. There is a VERY simple way of working this out - from gov.uk site 'Almost all workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks' paid holiday per year' 5.6 x 32 = 179.2 This includes BH. Your employer should agree this. Now it is up to you to calculate how many BH DO fall on days you work, what the length of these days is in hours, and so how many hours' holiday you have remaining for your own use - and how much of this you have booked.

crazysunshine54

jobbingmusician wrote: »

Let's sort this out once and for all.

In BH weeks, you seem to be expecting something special to happen. Why? You don't take, or get, holiday pay.

What you get is an annual holiday allowance, which includes BH. If the company is closed on a day when you normally work, due to a BH, you have taken a holiday which is deducted from your annual allowance. If the company is closed and you wouldn't normally be at work on that day, you have not taken a holiday so your holiday balance is unchanged.

What you seem to be suggesting is that you are being deducted holiday for days when the company is closed but you wouldn't be contracted to work anyway - which is clearly wrong. But you are also suggesting that you expect something special to happen to your pay packet in a BH week, which suggests to me that you are thoroughly confused!

I agree that your statutory holiday is 179.2 hours per year. There is a VERY simple way of working this out - from gov.uk site 'Almost all workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks' paid holiday per year' 5.6 x 32 = 179.2 This includes BH. Your employer should agree this. Now it is up to you to calculate how many BH DO fall on days you work, what the length of these days is in hours, and so how many hours' holiday you have remaining for your own use - and how much of this you have booked.

Actually, the company does not close on Bank Holidays.