can they refuse to pay you for holidays

snails's_pace

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Yes, but the WTR have NOTHING to do with an employee's entitlement to paid leave!

Yes, they have to pay someone to cover shifts whenever someone's not there, and that person is also entitled to holiday pay, but that's life! And they need to deal with it!

" There are 8 permanent bank and public holidays in Great Britain. Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, staff are entitled to four weeks' paid holiday each year. The Government proposes to increase that entitlement to 5.6 weeks, pro rata for part-timers. The statutory right to paid holiday will be subject to a maximum of 28 days' paid leave each year. "

I would advise to look at the BERR website: http://www.berr.gov.uk/employment/employment-legislation/employment-guidance/page28979.html#paid_annual

or ring them on :020 7215 5000

and here:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/DG_10029788

Savvy_Sue

Sorry

I was forgetting where the regs about the min amount of paid leave came from...

snails's_pace

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Sorry

I was forgetting where the regs about the min amount of paid leave came from...

no need to apologise sue , its just im currently going thorugh grievance procedures with my work regarding the amount of holiday pay i get and ive been referring to the berr website and sought their advice which the cab told me to do, so when i read the title of this thread i thought aha....i may know something which will help the op, and its not often im useful :rotfl::rotfl:

kurjam

thanks all, i got offered the job but decided best not to accept, as they are clearly breaking the law. am i right that you get 24 days holiday per year but if you do not work bank holidays then they take the 8 bank holidays off your holiday entitlement, leaving 16 days holiday a year.....
can you opt out and request not to be paid for bank holidays, so that you can have the 24 days when you want ??

Savvy_Sue

kurjam wrote: »

thanks all, i got offered the job but decided best not to accept, as they are clearly breaking the law. am i right that you get 24 days holiday per year but if you do not work bank holidays then they take the 8 bank holidays off your holiday entitlement, leaving 16 days holiday a year.....
can you opt out and request not to be paid for bank holidays, so that you can have the 24 days when you want ??

I am not sure what you mean by 'do not work bank holidays' - do you mean the business is never open on BHs? If you do, then I don't think you can ask NOT to be paid for BHs, because the employer CAN give 'set' closure times.

For example, we get 33 days paid leave each year (or the equivalent if we're part-time) but must keep 3 days to take between Christmas and New Year.