annual leave entitlement

[silverdaler]

not sure which category this is for but i have a small business, the shop floor workers get 15 days (3 working weeks) leave a year plus all bank hols. i have an admin assistant who works 2 days a week so i presumed she would get 6 full days pay plus bank hols (pro rata). she says that she should get 8 days full pay per year. anyone know the correct entitlement please ?
thankyou

[CheekyChops]

Working Regulations state that an employee is entitled to a minimum of 4 weeks leave per year. That entitles her to 8 days. See here for more info: http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=11 09

There is no right to Bank Holidays though so give ther the 8 days but take Bank Holidays off her!

[atolhurst]

Assuming you are a bristish company...

The legal minimum entitlement to give a full time worker is 4 weeks paid leave (20 days) per annum. These 20 days cam currently include bank holidays (as you are not legally obliged to pay bank holidays) but it is thought that this will not be the case for long and that soon it will be law that employees are paid bank holidays on top of the 4 weeks leave.

As to your query about the part timer, they have the same rights as full timers but on a pro-rata basis. So people who work 5 days a week get 20 days. The person who works 2 days a week gets 8 days (20 divided by 5 x 2).

The issue in your specific situation is calculating which bank holidays she will be eligable to be paid for - for example, if she does tuesday and wednesdays then nearly all bank holidays won't effect her. As such, in her situation I would say the easiest thing to do would be say her entitlement is the 8 days (she is entitled to these) and specify that bank holidays go unpaid.

See http://www.acas.co.uk/index.aspx?articleid=806

[buildersmate]

Both the above answers are OK, but some fair-minded companies give part-time employees with working hours like this a pro rata of the Bank Holidays. Since there are 8 of these, it equates to another 3 days (8*0.4).

[atolhurst]

You could go down the route buildersmate has suggested but in that instance you would have to pro rata her actual holiday entitlement based on 15 annual leave days that you give your full time workers = 6 days (15 divied by 5 (the number of days in the week) x 2 (the number of days she does) and then add the bank holidays on top of that.

Although if you're pro-rata-ing the bank hols, as there are 8 and she does 2 days a week, would you not allocate 8 dived by 5 (the number of days in the week) x 2 (the number of days she does) = 3.2. Total = 9.2

[silverdaler]

thank you all for your information - very helpful !

[Memore]

you should also bear in mind some of the bank holidays are religious ones and covered by legislation she should have her bank holiday pro rata as said earlier