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holiday days and pay entitlement

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  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
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    ohreally wrote: »
    Only if the working week is 5 days.

    No, even if you only work 2 days a week you are entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday.
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  • ohreally
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    paddedjohn wrote: »
    No, even if you only work 2 days a week you are entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday.

    Pro rata'd to account for shorter working week.
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  • t0rt0ise
    t0rt0ise Posts: 4,669 Forumite
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    ohreally wrote: »
    Pro rata'd to account for shorter working week.

    No, the weekly allowance is not pro rata'd. The number of days off will be different but not the number of weeks. I work 2 days a week and get 7.4 weeks off, the same as my full time colleagues.
  • ohreally
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    t0rt0ise wrote: »
    No, the weekly allowance is not pro rata'd

    It is. In your position you take 2 A/L for 1 week off work as opposed to a 5 day pw employee, therefore entitlement is pro rata'd for those who's working week is less than 5 days or alternatively calculated in hours.
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  • KiKi
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    I think what t0rt0ise meant is that the weekly allowance is the same number of weeks, regardless of days worked each week. Ie, the number of weeks isn't pro-ratad. Of course, though, the 'week' reflects your working week, which in his/her case is 2 days, so the total days are pro-ratad.

    You're both right, just expressing it differently. :)
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  • hyubh
    hyubh Posts: 3,799 Forumite
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    I give government statutory guidelines with links to websites.... and I get called a liar. Lol.

    The 'statutory' in 'statutory paid holiday entitlement' means 'legal minimum'. A contractual entitlement may be more, but it cannot be less (or rather: if it is less, say in a situation of a Labour government coming to power and changing the law, then the statutory entitlement trumps). If it is more, then the employee isn't getting a greater statutory entitlement; they are getting a greater than statutory entitlement.
  • nicechap wrote: »
    No you're not.

    I'm entitled to 39 days per year as that's what my legally enforceable contract of employment states.

    If you're going to google search information and then post it here as advice, please ensure you do not garble the information.

    The legal MINIMUM is 28 days for a full time employee.

    What constitutes full time...a worker working 8 hour days over five days or a worker say working 12 hours over four days.

    Worker on four days works more than the person on five days.

    Have this issue at current work place.
  • Comms69
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    What constitutes full time...a worker working 8 hour days over five days or a worker say working 12 hours over four days.

    Worker on four days works more than the person on five days.

    Have this issue at current work place.
    People assume its 9-5 m-f; in reality it makes no difference. the entitlement is 5.6 weeks minimum.
  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
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    What constitutes full time...a worker working 8 hour days over five days or a worker say working 12 hours over four days.

    Worker on four days works more than the person on five days.

    Have this issue at current work place.

    A worker doing 5 x 8 hour days will be entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks or 28 days leave at 8hrs.
    A worker doing 4 x 12 hour days will still be entitled to a min of 5.6 weeks leave but that will be 22.4 days at 12hrs
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  • I work in a cafe, just me and my boss. My boss decides when we will close for holidays, if I have any hols left they either carry them over to next year or pay them. But I want to take a holiday that suits me. This has happened for the last 2 years
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