BANK HOLIDAY HELP

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My friend works 3 days a week,tue,wed and thur

she gets 4 weeks holiday so - 12 days

what should she get regarding bank hols as unless 25th dec and 26th and NYD fall on her days, then she doesnt benifit from bank holidays at all

where I work 3 days,mon,tue and wed,I get 5 weeks so 15days

I benifit from all the mondays, never easter friday and sometimes 25/26 and NYD - so I always at least get 4 and sometimes 7 days depending

is this right? ie you have to work on the day to benifit from it?

nick or flowerly please help and of course any one elese in the know

thank you

The issue with bank holidays and part timers is usually about them not losing out compared to full timers. Assuming there are no full timers where she is working, if she is a nanny, then that's not an issue.

The issue instead is how much holiday in total she is getting. Whether or not some of it takes place on bank holidays doesn't matter - bank holidays aren't any different legally from 'normal' holidays.

She is entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday a year, which can include bank holidays. If she is only getting 4 weeks and no bank holidays then she's not getting enough and her employer needs to increase it. How they do that is up to them but they must increase it.

Here you go. She should get 16.8 (so probably 17) paid days off each year.

thank you flowery

just making sure here, but it doesnt make any difference what days you work, if you work 3 days, is that right?

so even though she doesnt work a monday, she will still benifit?

its 5.6 times amount of days (3)? so 16.8

can her real stingy mean employers make you work .8 of a day/not pay you whole days pay?

or do they legally have to round it up to 17 days

but either way, she is loosing out on nearly 5 days at the moment?

3 days is 3 days, doesn't matter what days she normally works, she gets 5.6 x whatever she normally works.

She gets 16.8 days, so technically her employer could only give her exactly that, give her 16 full days and make her come in for 0.2 of a day on the other day, yes, although that would be ludicrous.

you are a star flowery

thank you

my friends mb/db are quite tight and like to get their moneys worth, and they keep saying she only gets 12 days

i can show her this, and email the link to her, and she will be VERY happy to know she can inform them that legally she has to have another 5 days off!!!

I have just rung her and emailed the link

shes going to read and waft the info under mb nose and talk to mb on tuesday

I must have lovely bosses, although I have 5 weeks in my contract - they normally go away more,and I get at least 7/8 weeks a year off - paid obviously

I fully agree with flowery
I'm on holiday, so not getting as much weekend Mumsnet access as usual.

thanks nick - knew you and flowery would be in the know

hope you are having a nice holiday

just thought of another thing - if my friend gets 17days - possibly 3 will be 25/26 and nyd but maybe not days depending

then who chooses the extra 5 days (or 2 days if does get the above mentioned)

she chooses 2 weeks at the moment - so 6 days

thank you

That will depend on her employer and also what her contract says.

Technically it's perfectly ok for an employer to choose all the holiday, although obviously that's unusual.

If her contract says she chooses two weeks, then her employer can certainly choose the rest.

If her contract says she chooses half, she could certainly argue that she ought to be able to choose 8 days, for example.