Should I have been paid or had additional holidays.

InfoFinder

Hello All, 

a recent revelation gave me the impression that in my earlier years of employment (the first 8ish years 2005 to 2013ish) with my current employer, i should have probably had additional holiday entitlement when working additional paid hours. I used to have a 16 hour contract and my holidays were calculated as such, therefore when i took a weeks holiday i was paid 16 hours worth of pay.  the reality of it was that i worked closer to full time hours for at least three months of the year.  Should i have been given additional holiday pay for all the extra hours i worked? 

My initial thought it that it's too late to do anything about it now as i have been on a full time contract for a few years now, but i am eager to know whether i should have been remunerated as i know it is standard practice across most work places now, so i am wondering whether i should have  been offered backdated pay for this?

Any help in this area would be much appreciated. 

Thank you in advance for any replies

Ed

KatrinaWaves

Honestly far too late to do anything about this.

theoretica

I think the rules have changed since 2005 too.

MinuteNoodles

You're not entitled to any extra. 2017 was when the rules were changed following a ruling at the ECJ and the Employment Tribunal so that overtime, bonuses etc had to be included when calculating holiday pay. Even then overtime only had to be included if it was compulsory and holiday pay calculated as an average of the previous 12 weeks where hours were varied. The government again changed the rules for calculating holiday pay in 2018 to come into effect from April 2020 for those with varying hours changing it from the average of the previous 12 weeks to the previous 12 months.

However even if you were entitled to more money back then you cannot claim it as it is now too late to take any action under the Statute of Limitations. You have a maximum 6 years from when it occurred.