Holiday hours/entitlement

Lbigsby

Hi all,

I work a 40 hour week and my hours are:

Monday-Wednesday = 0700-1630 and an unpaid lunch of 15mins
Thursday = 0700-1530 unpaid lunch 15mins
Friday = 0700-1100

But the way my employer works out holiday is 40÷5 which is 8.

So to have monday and a tuesday off I have to make up 2 and a half hours to make the 40hours a week.

In my contract it says under Holiday entitlement it says a days holiday, nothing about it being 8. Also gives the same working hours as stated.

Is this legal?

Comms69

If you book Friday off, do the remainder hours carry over?

kwame41

You are entitled to four weeks (plus bank holidays) paid holiday per year by law.

Your employer should honour this and pay you the same per holiday week /day as if you had worked. You do not have to make up any 'shortfall' to qualify.

You might find this link of use:-

https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights

Comms69

kwame41 wrote: »

You are entitled to four weeks (plus bank holidays) paid holiday per year by law.

Your employer should honour this and pay you the same per holiday week /day as if you had worked. You do not have to make up any 'shortfall' to qualify.

You might find this link of use:-

https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights

No. You are entitled to 5.6 weeks per year, by law. Bank holidays have no special bearing.

Lbigsby

If I was to have a friday off it would be classed as 8 hours, not the 4 hours I actually work.

I've bought this up with my employer and they said its because on a friday they are saying we are working 8 hours when we are only working 4, so we'd be entitled to the half a days holiday.

8 hours = half a days holiday or something.

Comms69

to be honest it's very confusing.


to keep it simple, you're entitled to 224 hours of holiday a year. If you do not get this, then they are breaking the law.

nicechap

Lbigsby wrote: »

If I was to have a friday off it would be classed as 8 hours, not the 4 hours I actually work.

I've bought this up with my employer and they said its because on a friday they are saying we are working 8 hours when we are only working 4, so we'd be entitled to the half a days holiday.

8 hours = half a days holiday or something.

So if you book a Friday off, do you get 4 hours extra pay that week as you've done 4 hours more?

Lbigsby

Im very confused as well and I bloody work there! I just dont understand how they are doing it.

Yes we get paid the extra if we do book a friday off.

If I want Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday off I'd have to work 4 hours on the friday.

Actually hours done on those 4 days is 36 hours
Hours charged as Holiday would be 32 hours.

JCS1

Thought the working time directive states 20min break, so the 15 minute lunch break is incorrect.

jobbingmusician

JCS1 wrote: »

Thought the working time directive states 20min break, so the 15 minute lunch break is incorrect.

My (initial) thoughts exactly!

I never understand why HR departments - or even the people working out holidays - don't work holidays out in hours instead of days for people who work anything but the same number of hours, five days a week. I suppose it's to try to stop people booking holiday of less than a day (stupid in itself....)

Lbigsby

Thanks for being up the 20min thing. In total we get 2x15 min breaks - 1 paid, 1 unpaid. If that changes anything?

What about the holiday hours, is what they are doing wrong?