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Re. my holiday allowance?

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SpunBodgeSquarepants · 26/01/2020 17:03

I started a new job last June - holiday year runs 1st January to 3st December. I work 3 days a week - 5 hours a day, totalling 15 hours a week.
My colleague works 42.5 hours a week and receives 20 days holiday. I get 7. This means I can only take 2 full weeks off per year, which is really not great for me, being a single parent. It's really difficult to find childcare during the school holidays! Am I right in thinking that this has been worked out wrong? I see where they've got this figure from - I work roughly a third of the hours my colleague does, therefore. I get a third of the holiday days too. But this would be based on full, 8.5 hour days wouldn't it?
Help!!

OP posts:
shinyhappypeeps · 29/01/2020 11:03

not sure if someone else has mentioned this but you are entitled to Parental Leave for every child under 18 - it is not paid but could go a little way to help with the difficult summer hols..

purplebunny2012 · 04/02/2020 23:32

I've just told DH that I don't have enough leave to take 2 weeks off this summer. He sputtered "you get more leave than me."
Oh really? I get 30 days, but 8 are bank holidays and another 4 we're shut.
I've only worked there 12 years, can't expect him to have realised this in such a short time Hmm

Dutchesss · 04/02/2020 23:59

Can you use 7 x 8.5 hours = 59.5 hours to use?
You're right, you should receive the same proportion to what your colleague gets in hours.

caringcarer · 05/02/2020 00:15

Too complicated for me op. Sorry

CasanovaFrankenstein · 10/02/2020 12:33

@dementedpixie I've checked & it says the full time staff get 27 days plus bank hol. We do get some extra when it's closed at xmas, but contribute some of our hol to this. ?? 🤯

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