Civil Service annual leave

[luckystrike]

All civil servants seem to get 12 days statutory holidays, and then an additional 20 - 27 floating days depending on their grade.

How many floating days leave would a senior principal office at NJC point scale 52 expect to get?

Thanks

[THECORBYLOON]

We get eight Bank Holidays which is no more than the rest in Great Britain so I'd love to know why you think we get 12 .

[Mrs_Pegasus]

I know of 10 - there were 2 statutory days that used to be taken after one of the may bank holidays and if I recall correctly at easter.

In civil service, I was also given the Queens Birthday and 1/2 Maundy Thursday. These days and also the 2 additional stat days were put onto the annual leave.

Depending on when the service began depends if you are entitled to the additional stat days. New contracts may mean you lose these and are started on a standard 20. Then after 5 years you are given another 5 days and then you have additional days for your seniority.

Also with the local arrangements with regards pay scales, this may impact on how many days are available.

[dzug]

There is no longer a standard leave allowance throughout the civil service - each department does its own negotiations. The allowance is normally based on grade (the higher, the more) and length of service (the longer the more). Maximum (which at one time you had to have 30 years service for) is 30 days.

I'd guess that the answer to your question is 30 days - IF he can actually take them all.

And I too do not understand the 12 days - usually 8 public holidays plus an extra day at Christmas and the end of May (the latter 'in lieu of the queen's birthday') and Maunday Thursday afternoon, which come to 10.5.

[chazza]

I work for the CS and we get 12 days stat holidays, then 22 floating days for the first year, 25 each of the following years, then after 30 years service it goes up to 30 days

[Misty77]

I work for HMRC and you get no additional leave for seniority. You start off on so many days and get more after 10 year's service - I've not heard of any changes since we merged with The Revenue.