Help with holiday pay

little8571

Hi all, i need a little help, i work in education on a term time only contract, this means i am not paid when the school is not open, so no pay in half terms, Easter, summer holidays etc...


I am on a 40 week contract and in my contract it states holiday hours i am entitled to but i cant take holidays during term time, so my question is how do those holiday hours work for me as i cant take holiday like the other full time staff.
my payslip only shows my basic wage for the month, which is the annual amount divided by 12 so i get the same amount each month.


If they are paying me an amount on to my wage for holiday owed should it be shown on the payslip?


Totally confused and the HR department seem to be as well.


just wondering if anyone can help me out as at the moment i have no idea how this calculation is worked out......and on top of that i also have an issue with a fractional contract!


Any help would be much appreciated so i can at least know what i am talking about when i go back to HR

Guest101

Your wage includes holiday pay.

You don't get extra.

getmore4less

you work 40 weeks for X they add Y and divide by 12

as long as Y is right( at least 12.07% of X) you are Ok.

or if starting from a full time(52 week) equivilent you should get 86,2% of that.

The issue is when you start/stop part way through the holiday year seems that often term time HR are not so hot on that calculation based on the number of miscalculations that have come here.

little8571

Thanks, now i hope i am right with the following calculation:
i take my annual wage (the amount i get for 40 week term) i work out 12.07% and take that off and that then leaves my basic wage minus holiday.


I have left my wage slips at work so using the figures i remember but when i do this calculation should i be left with my basic per hour wage?


I earn £6876.72 per 40 weeks - i take home 573.06 per month and i work 18.5 hours a week (740 hours per 40 weeks) they say i am entitled to 93 hours holiday.

Basically trying to work out what i earn per hour by having to calculate the holiday pay just to check i am being paid correctly.


Thanks for helping a very confused soul.

getmore4less

a 40 week worker is due around 4.83 weeks holiday .

93hr is a bit more than statutory closer to 5weeks

add the 40week hours and holiday hrs to get the hourly rate

hourly rate is £8.216

little8571

Thanks still a little confused because of the x and y explanation above


you work 40 weeks for X they add Y and divide by 12

as long as Y is right( at least 12.07% of X)


maybe i am just tired or just plain thick but for some unknown reason i cant get these calculations straight in my head........not to say i don't trust yours of course just need my brain to engage and accept how this works.


God help me when i have to start with my fractional contract which states 0.5, i work 0.5 hours of a full timer but am paid 0.454 for some reason.


Thanks for your help though.......maths is obviously not my subject ;-)

getmore4less

Statutory holiday is 5.6 weeks or 28 days for a 5 day worker

52 week worker is due 5.6 weeks holiday included in the 52 weeks)

that means you work 46.4(x) weeks and get 5.6(y) weeks holidays

That's where 12.07% comes from 5.6/46.4=0.1207

if you work 40(x) weeks that is 5.6 x 40/46.4 weeks owed = 4.828(y) weeks.

Your week is 18.5hr so work is 740hr holiday is 89.318hr

They are giving you 93 which is a bit more, probably some rounding somewhere, you will need to find out where that is.

Ask them for their working for hours and pay.
once we have that we can work on what if anything is wrong or needs to change.