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How Much Holiday Should I Get?
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Hi again Abers, once again needing your help
i've been on the direct.gov website but am hoping someone can simplify this for me................here goes
I work 21 hours over a four day week - how much holiday am i entitled to? i saw it calculated in hours but don't know how to work it out to days
tia
Anna x
i've been on the direct.gov website but am hoping someone can simplify this for me................here goes
I work 21 hours over a four day week - how much holiday am i entitled to? i saw it calculated in hours but don't know how to work it out to days
tia
Anna x
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You're entitled to 5.6 times times whatever you work in a normal working week. If you work the same number of hours per day then it's easy to calculate an answer in days (4 x 5.6 = 22.4) but it seems that you may work a different number of hours on different days so the calculation must be done in hours. (21 x 5.6 = 117.6).
You next need to work out how many hours you need to deduct from that for 'fixed' holidays (e.g. when the workplace is closed for public holidays on days that you'd normally be working) to calculate what you're remaining entitlement is.
If you want the detailed calculations done for you we'll need to know how the 21 hours are distributed across a week (e.g. 7 on Monday, 6 on Wednesday and 4 each on Thursdays and Saturdays) and whether your employer closes the business on all public holidays or on just some of them (such as Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
You next need to work out how many hours you need to deduct from that for 'fixed' holidays (e.g. when the workplace is closed for public holidays on days that you'd normally be working) to calculate what you're remaining entitlement is.
If you want the detailed calculations done for you we'll need to know how the 21 hours are distributed across a week (e.g. 7 on Monday, 6 on Wednesday and 4 each on Thursdays and Saturdays) and whether your employer closes the business on all public holidays or on just some of them (such as Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
Since the questioner was consulting the DirectGov website, Dave, I assume that the enquiry relates to the statutory minimum number of days (which, incidentally, is '5.6 times the number of days worked in a week, capped at 28 days, and not '20 days plus 8 bank holidays' since public holidays have no status whatsoever in holiday legislation).
Yes Chris - agreed that Public Holidays have no status in legislation - but as 'the bloke what works out the holidays' in several of my previous jobs, I can only say that people just do not understand this and they need to be considered/explained very patiently ... just lumping them in as part of the 'statutory minimum' may be technically correct, but it doesn't help people understand.
The concept that part timers have to put aside some of their holiday hours for 'Bank Holidays' when they would be otherwise be at work is a bugger to get across.
The concept that part timers have to put aside some of their holiday hours for 'Bank Holidays' when they would be otherwise be at work is a bugger to get across.
thanks for your replies, but i've read this & i'm still confused!
these are my hours of work set into 'week one' and 'week two' alternating:-
week 1
mon - 9am til 2pm
tue - 10am til 3pm
wed 10am til 3pm
thur 11.30am til 5.30pm
fri - rota day off
week 2
mon 9am til 1pm
tue 10am til 3pm
wed rota day off
thu 11.30am til 5.30pm
fri 9.30am til 3,30pm
i used to get 20 days holiday plus bank holidays on top extra but would like to know what i'm entitled to now with these hours that i do as above
thanks again
Anna x
these are my hours of work set into 'week one' and 'week two' alternating:-
week 1
mon - 9am til 2pm
tue - 10am til 3pm
wed 10am til 3pm
thur 11.30am til 5.30pm
fri - rota day off
week 2
mon 9am til 1pm
tue 10am til 3pm
wed rota day off
thu 11.30am til 5.30pm
fri 9.30am til 3,30pm
i used to get 20 days holiday plus bank holidays on top extra but would like to know what i'm entitled to now with these hours that i do as above
thanks again
Anna x
As Chris has said, you are entitled to 117.6 hours in total.
Each day you have off you must deduct the hours you would have worked on that day from the total - including any 'Bank Holidays' when you are not working.
So if you have a Monday off in week 1 you have to deduct 5 hours from your total allowance for the year, a Friday in week 2 would be 6 hours deducted etc etc.
It averages out to (approximately) 22 or 23 days off each year (including any Bank Hols) - but you need to keep an accurate record of the hours taken to be sure that you are getting the correct amount of holiday.
dave x
Each day you have off you must deduct the hours you would have worked on that day from the total - including any 'Bank Holidays' when you are not working.
So if you have a Monday off in week 1 you have to deduct 5 hours from your total allowance for the year, a Friday in week 2 would be 6 hours deducted etc etc.
It averages out to (approximately) 22 or 23 days off each year (including any Bank Hols) - but you need to keep an accurate record of the hours taken to be sure that you are getting the correct amount of holiday.
dave x
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