I was on maternity leave for a year, from the end of aug 2007 to end of dec 2007 I didn't earn holidays as had used them up before i started my mat leave. From jan 2008 to 25th aug 2008 I earned holidays. The last 3 months of my mat leave (june july and aug) were unpaid and classed as additional maternity leave (i think) and the 1st 9 months were paid statutory mat pay, I also got some extra in the 1st 12 weeks as had worked for the compnay for a while.
Anyway, I am not returning to the company to work as is too far away (moved house whilst pregnant) and have decided to be a sahm for a while.
My team leader said I had 221 hrs of holiday and did I want to take them on the end of my mat leave before I went back, I informed her I am not returning and she said she would inform hr of my holidays as I get paid for them and they will arrange a final payment for me.
I then got a message saying I had something like 140hrs holiday that I would get paid for and will get it in sept.
I then received a letter from hr saying the amount was 131hrs?!
What I want to know is, has the amount gone down because I only get paid for hols I earned whilst on paid mat pay and not for last 3 months?
Or am I supposed to get paid for all holidays regardless of when I earned them? Presumably I could have taken all the holidays on the end of my mat leave and then left thus getting paid for them so I don't really understand why I souldn't get paid for all of them?
Then there's the issue that hr have a completely different amount again.
Any help or advice greatly appreciated.