On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:59:45 +0100, "T.J." wrote:
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> "Yellow" wrote in message
> news:MPG.22ec9c65efb8cc1198b266@nntp.dsl.pipex.com...
>> T.J. [no1@home.invalid] said:
>>>
>>> "AnthonyL" wrote in message
>>> news:488236a0.10827375@news.zen.co.uk...
>>>> My wife has just taken a job. 5 days/week, 4hrs/day.
>>>> She has to sign a contract which stipulates that the holiday
>>>> entitlement is 58hrs. I work out that it should be 68hrs based on:
>>>>
>>>> 4.8 weeks entitlement (inc bank holidays which are not worked).
>>>> 8 days Bank holiday is equivalent to 8/5 = 1.4 weeks so entitlement is
>>>> 4.8 - 1.4 = 3.4 weeks
>>>>
>>>> 3.4 weeks at 20hrs/week = 68hrs.
>>>>
>>>> The employer disagrees and says that because it is a part-time job it
>>>> cannot be calculated this way.
>>>>
>>>> Where have I gone wrong?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bank holidays aren't taken out of the 4.8
>>> She should be entitled to 4.8 x 5 = 24 days
>>> if her days are 4hrs she should get
>>> 24 x 4hrs = 96hrs
>>> They may argue that 8 weeks of a year she only
>>> works 4 days (doubt they would get away with it)
>>> but even if they did she should still get 93hrs
>>
>> For what it is worth, the tool on this useful site agrees - 96 hours.
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/5oovdh
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>
> One thing I didn't mention,
> If she is paid for the 8 bank holidays that
> she doesn't work you have to knock of
> 8 x 4hrs = 32hrs which would bring it down to 64hrs
> (assuming that she is paid for a 4 hour day on bank holidays)
If she must take off bank holidays then those just count towards her annual
allowance. Her total allowance is simply 96 hours. If compelled to take
32 of them on bank holidays then she may take a further 64 hours on other
days to bring her up to that statutory total allowance of 96.
Tony |