2.5 hours holiday left this year - payment instead?

tir21

do to a quirk in being tuped from another company it works out I've got 3.5 hours holiday owing. if the 3.5 hours gets transferred to next year the same thing will happen. The company say they dont give payments for holiday hours but wouldn't this be the best way to solve the issue

thanks

Comms69

tir21 wrote: »

do to a quirk in being tuped from another company it works out I've got 3.5 hours holiday owing. if the 3.5 hours gets transferred to next year the same thing will happen. The company say they dont give payments for holiday hours but wouldn't this be the best way to solve the issue

thanks

Cant you just take 3.5 hour and have an early weekend?

tir21

Comms69 wrote: »

Cant you just take 3.5 hour and have an early weekend?

not that type of job. its a job where cover had to be provided for the whole shift. and not office based

Comms69

tir21 wrote: »

not that type of job. its a job where cover had to be provided for the whole shift. and not office based

OK, but A/L allowance is actually your employers problem, not yours. So if you ask them when to take it they'll have to give you an answer.

FBaby

Why does the same thing happens if it's transferred to next year? You will just your normal holiday entitlement + the 3.5 hours.

I'm sure it would be nice to have that little extra money before Christmas but if it doesn't have to suit the company and solve anything to them when they don't see any issues.

TBagpuss

tir21 wrote: »

not that type of job. its a job where cover had to be provided for the whole shift. and not office based

Have you asked your employer how they want to deal with it?

Is it a one off (i.e. will it still be just a total of 3.5 hours if it rolls over to next year or will be be a total of 7 hours next year if this year's is rolled over?)

One option would be to ask them to pay it to you.

another would be to ask them to confirm you can work a part shift presumably they have provisions in place if someone is taken ill part way through a shift which it might be possible to apply if you are only working a partial shift.

A third possibility would be for you to ask to take a full day off and to take the proportion of it not covered by the holiday to be unpaid.

You say they say they don't give payments -who have you asked, and did you explain the specific issue with the 3.5 hours and the fact you work shifts. What is their suggested solution? It may be that it needs a more senior person to over-ride the standard process to allow you to be paid out.

agrinnall

Is the 3.5 hours in addition to the statutory minimum of 28 days? If it's included in the 28 days then it wouldn't be legal for your employer to pay for it, but they would be required to allow you to take it. If it's extra then they can pay you (but don't have to) or should allow you to take it if they won't pay - how that is achieved is, as Comms69 says, the employer's problem not yours.

tir21

FBaby wrote: »

Why does the same thing happens if it's transferred to next year? You will just your normal holiday entitlement + the 3.5 hours.

I'm sure it would be nice to have that little extra money before Christmas but if it doesn't have to suit the company and solve anything to them when they don't see any issues.

because i can't finish any shift early. say I've got 40 hours holiday and i work 8 hour shifts there will always be a mismatch

tir21

TBagpuss wrote: »

What is their suggested solution? It may be that it needs a more senior person to over-ride the standard process to allow you to be paid out.

just to transfer it to next year

getmore4less

carry over year to year and it get paid when you leave.

mac.d

tir21 wrote: »

because i can't finish any shift early. say I've got 40 hours holiday and i work 8 hour shifts there will always be a mismatch

I don't understant how you can't finish your shift early, all they need to do is pay someone else to come in early to cover your A/L? Use it or lose it is always the advice with holiday entitlement, and how the employer covers your A/L is their problem not yours.