"tim....." wrote in message
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> "AnthonyL" wrote in message
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>> 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?
>
> Apart from the fact that 8/5 is 1.6 so the number of week is 3.2 giving 64
> hours........
>
> Nothing.
>
> You don't need to muck about with hours. As all the days are the same
> length you can work in days, so you wife has 16 days holiday just like any
> other (5 day per week) worker whos employer is stingy enough not to give
> Bank Holidays in addition.
>
> Any method that calculates less days is wrong
>
> tim
>
24 days is the minimum (on a 5 day week) not 16.
If the employer is giving only 16 floating
days he has to give the 8 bank holidays too.
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