"tim....." wrote in message
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> "T.J." 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?
>>>
>>>
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>> Bank holidays aren't taken out of the 4.8
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> The employer is free to decide that they are.
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> This is a contractual matter, not a statutory one (and we can assume from
> the OP posting that they are)
>
> tim
>
4.8 times is statutory not contractual.
The employer doesn't have to give bank
holidays, but the total still has to be 4.8 times
which is 24 days on a standard 5 day week.
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