Does paid holiday count as a work day?

hesi

I work different hours and days every week
I don't know what I will be working until the following weeks rota is released
according to the government website I am allowed either one day off every week or two days within a fortnight
My first question is do I get to choose which of these I get?
second question is, several times when I have booked a day off as holiday the rota will come out and my employer will use the day I have booked off as the only day I have off, so I'm wondering if paid holiday counts as a work day and if so do the previous rules still apply
Thanks for any help.

General_Grant

hesi said:

I work different hours and days every week
I don't know what I will be working until the following weeks rota is released
according to the government website I am allowed either one day off every week or two days within a fortnight
My first question is do I get to choose which of these I get?
second question is, several times when I have booked a day off as holiday the rota will come out and my employer will use the day I have booked off as the only day I have off, so I'm wondering if paid holiday counts as a work day and if so do the previous rules still apply
Thanks for any help.

A day's holiday is a day off when you are not working.

theoretica

If you book some days off as holiday but the rota has you down for as many work days as normal are you sometimes down for fewer days you didn't ask to take off?  Otherwise you are working too many days. 

hesi

theoretica said:

If you book some days off as holiday but the rota has you down for as many work days as normal are you sometimes down for fewer days you didn't ask to take off?  Otherwise you are working too many days. 

Sometimes yes although not very often, generally I will work 5 or 6 days a week
As far as I can tell normal unpaid days off are not given as an average though, the entitlement is 24 hours every week or 48 hours every fortnight

hesi

General_Grant said:

hesi said:

I work different hours and days every week
I don't know what I will be working until the following weeks rota is released
according to the government website I am allowed either one day off every week or two days within a fortnight
My first question is do I get to choose which of these I get?
second question is, several times when I have booked a day off as holiday the rota will come out and my employer will use the day I have booked off as the only day I have off, so I'm wondering if paid holiday counts as a work day and if so do the previous rules still apply
Thanks for any help.

A day's holiday is a day off when you are not working.

Yes you're not physically at work but as you are being paid for it does it not still count as a work day with regards to you still being allowed the weekly rest entitlement?
Imagine if your employer made you use your holiday for your weekends 

Masomnia

Pretty sure the answer is no they can't count annual leave as part of your weekly rest.

prowla

So if you take 1 day as paid holiday and work the other 6 days of the week, do you get 7 days pay for the week?

[Deleted User]

 They can't count your rest day as holiday. If you take a days holiday you should have two days off that week. 

JamoLew

prowla said:

So if you take 1 day as paid holiday and work the other 6 days of the week, do you get 7 days pay for the week?

^^ This
It will depend on how many days in that particular week you have been paid for - a paid day wouldnt be considered as a rest day regardless if you attend work or not

hesi

_shel said:

 They can't count your rest day as holiday. If you take a days holiday you should have two days off that week. 

Yes, this is what I was thinking, doesn't seem right that my holiday is used for my rest day just because they are constantly short staffed 

hesi

JamoLew said:

prowla said:

So if you take 1 day as paid holiday and work the other 6 days of the week, do you get 7 days pay for the week?

^^ This
It will depend on how many days in that particular week you have been paid for - a paid day wouldnt be considered as a rest day regardless if you attend work or not

Ok thanks, yes I would get paid for 7 days which is why I also thought I should still be entitled to a rest day