Holiday entitlement for part timer

[emmay35]

If a full time person was entitled to 20 days holiday, what would someone working 3 days a week (Mon, Tues, Wed) be entitled to? Bearing in mind Bank Holidays.

[Lonnie]

I'm not too sure of this, but I seem to remember some legislation about part timers being put on an equal footing with full timers, but check your contract, it should be there.

[Buenchico]

The statutory holiday allowance is four times the number of days worked each week, so the entitlement will be 12 days. This includes all days which may be fixed by the employer, the most obvious of which are public holidays. (An employer is not obliged to give you bank holidays off - unless your contract says so. He can insist that you work on these days, without any additional pay. However, if the employer closes the business on Bank holidays - or, indeed, any other days - he can designate these as part of your holiday).

For this year, assuming that the employee does not work on public holidays, the folllowing dates will count towards the employee's holiday entitlement:
2 Jan, 17 Apr, 1 May, 29 May, 28 Aug, 25 Dec, 26 Dec.
This means that the employee has just 5 other days holiday entitlement this year. (NB: In other years the number of 'floating days' might be slightly greater. This will happen in years when Christmas Day and/or Boxing Day fall on days other than Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday so that they are not taken as part of the annual holiday entitlement).

Chris

[emmay35]

Lonnie, thanks for your reply, but my contract hasn't been finalised yet, hence my question.

Buenchico, your response is concise but I'm still confused! I agree the Bank Holidays should be taken into consideration, but if I was working full time I would have 20 days plus the 7 or so Bank Holidays added, not taken away as I seem to working part time. I feel a bit short changed here! If I'm only entitled to 5 after the bank holidays it would mean a 2 week holiday taken over a bank holiday would be the end of my holiday entitlement! : - (

[theo_wyvern]

no point in querying until you have your contract - which will need to be signed to say you agree.

if the employer does not take holiday from any other members of staff for bank holiday then they should not and probably will not treat you differently.

the number of days holiday will probably be worked out pro rata (so 12 days)

[Buenchico]

Emmay 35:
Although your employer MAY grant its full-time employees 20 days holiday PLUS 8 public holidays, this is NOT the statutory entitlement. The statutory entitlement for the full-time employees is 20 days INCLUDING the 8 public holidays. (In case you're trying to work out why I'm referring to 8 public holidays, when there are 7 only dates in my previous post, this is because of the additional inclusion of Good Friday which doesn't affect anyone who only works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday).

The Labour Party manifesto, at the last election, pledged to bring in legislation which would make public holidays an additional entitlement to the current minimum number of days but, as yet, there have been no moves towards the introduction of such legislation. The present legal position is clearly explained on the Department of Trade & Industry's website:
http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/work_time_regs/wtr7.htm#section 7

Regrettably, I have to agree with your calculation that a two week holiday, including a public holiday, will use up all of your statutory holiday entitlent.

Chris