As above, I understand that from this month there is a new law that the minimum amount of days off is 24

Currently my company is 20 days off per year, so does that mean come the end of October we have a quarter of the year left so we get a quarter of 4 so will we just get 1 more day off this year?

Cheers

 

Most companies dont include bank holiday entiltlement in that, I think alot will now include bank holidays in the minimum, so you may find that you dont actually get any more.

 

They cannot do that without changing your contract though?

 

yep its the bank holidays

 

There's 8 statutory days classed as bank holidays.

 

as above we get 26 days + 8 bank holidays, i think by law it will be the 8 bank holidays + 16 Days

 

Not so. Taken from another site.


A SHAKE up of holiday laws will improve working life for millions of people from next month.
A legal loophole will be closed on October 1 meaning stingy employers will no longer be able to include the eight UK public holidays as part of the minimum holiday entitlement.

And the minimum total days off allowed each year will also be boosted for all, seeing a rise of four whole days to make a total of 24, or two days a month, before Bank Holidays, for those working a regular five day week.

By April 1 2009 there will be a second surge taking that total to 28 days off.

 

Hmmm I stand corrected.

 

Sorry for dragging an old topic up...just happened to notice it in the 'related topics' at the bottom of the 28days later topic.

DId this actualy happen then, am i now entitiled to 24days plus bank holidays??

 

Interesting, I get 29 days, but work all bank holidays.

 

Thats as I was told by my boss.

 

i questioned my boss about this,

but as i get 20 days hol's, and 3 days bank hol's paid already, i will now get 1 more day a year paid.



And if its law they cant include bank hol's, that will just mean i wont get paid bank hol's as hol's no more, instead, get no pay at all.

 

i thought if you were full time a bank holiday must legally be paid? am i wrong?

 

I think you have to be paid for bank hols regardless.

We get 36 days holiday a year which includes bank holiday entitlement. We also have the opportunity to earn 13 more days through the use of compressed working week or flexi.

 

i believe that to be a miff.


Firms have to give you the day off, but dont have to pay.

 

I work for a Local Authority, I get 28 days annual leave and can take up to 26 days flexi a year, this is in addition to the statutory bank holidays.

When I progress to PO10 my annual leave increases to 30 days

 

For the record, there is no legal requirement for companies to provide payment for bank holidays where they are not worked.

As such, I am sorry to say that the quote from the other site above is wrong.

If you get your bank holidays off and you have 20 days off per year then you will not be gaining any further holiday. That is the law.

The only people that I believe have a legal right bizarrely are farmers!

Yet another piece of legislation ill thought out by the morons that make up our current government.

JJ

 

How about companies that pay double pay/day in lieu for bank holidays. My mate had his extra pay/day off from bank holidays removed due to the new holiday law?? and he has to work the bank holidays??

 

I believe that most companies offer time and a half or double time, but I dont believe that they have to do this. If your mate has to work the bank holidays, then he should benefit from additional days holiday to take at an other time. He is one of those that will see the benefit of the new law.

JJ

 

It's the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007 if anybody is particularly interested in googling it... 4.8weeks from 1st oct 2007 (based on 5 day working week) = 24days.

http://www.boyesturner.com/news-article.html?id=241 is quite useful.

It'll be 5.6 weeks from april 2009 too = 28days.