Help with P/T temporary holiday pay?

[KatyMac]

I am employing some youngsters over the summer

They need to be paid holiday pay even though they will get no paid holiday

I think I can do this through the hourly rate but I'm not sure exactly how

I give 6weeks & 1 day Holiday pay (to include Bank holidays) for permanent staff

So, if they worked 52 weeks they would actually work 45 weeks & 4 days - the rest would be holiday

and I have kind of gotten lost around here in the sum........HELP???

So if paid F/T they would do 45.8 weeks actual work

so (I think?) 45.8 is 88% of 52

So if paying Minimum wage (for 18yos) £4.83 (again I think?) divided by 88% gives £5.49 phr

Maybe??

Easier way to think of it is....

6 weeks plus 1 day = 31 days holiday

260 working day in a year - 31 = 229

So for each day they work they earn 0.1357 days holiday pay.

As holiday pay is the average of your pay over the last 13 weeks is probably easier to wait till the end then pay all the days holiday at the end when they leave.

It's easier for me to pay as I go along - they will only be doing about 40 hours or so

Oh I'm not sure

I'm not sure that employers are able to do this - make payment in lieu of annual leave - any more. Might be worth a call to acas to discuss. When I'm employing temp people, I calculate their leave and then allocate it - so they take the time off at a time thats right for us

Oh - last time I temped (nearly 2 yrs ago) my pay included holiday pay

ACAS here I come

If you employ on a sessional/hourly basis you can show it as part of the hourly rate.

That's what I thought so £4.83 wages & £0.67 as holiday pay

(if my maths is right)

Blimey! Glad I read this. So much easier to do it your way!

Katy your maths are right. I know you used to be able to pay as part of hourly rate though not sure if this has stopped as that was 5 years ago when I did it.

Of course they get an unnaturally high bank holiday rate as they aren't here for any BH at all

sometimes being nice is a pain

I work within education and we pay our sessional tutors this way.

Oh good LIZS - that is current, an big organisation - thanks