Part time working and annual leave entitlement.

[krimsun]

Hello.

I have been working reduced hours (from 37 hours per week to 34) since 2009. At the time I took a cut in pay (fair enough) and also my annual leave dropped from 28 days to 26 days.

I've recently been told that I should still get 28 days as I still work Mon-Fri for the majority of each day. I was informed that Directgov explain it as:

"For a basic calculation of your leave allowance multiply the number of days you work a week by 5.6. For example, if you work a five day week you would be entitled to 28 days' annual leave a year:
5 days x 5.6 weeks = 28 days"

My employer class me as part time and told me that the leave is correct (it does seem fair that I drop my hours I should lose leave) but the more I think about it the more my pride is nagging me about being ripped off and fobbed off.

Has anyone else had a similar experience to this? It's only two days but my three year old is in nursery full time and another two days represents some much needed quality time.

Thanks in advance :)

If you are pt, your leave should really be calculated in hours, not days. If you work the same number of hours each day from Monday to Friday, then you should be entitled to 28 of your shorter days in annual leave. This would equate to 26 full-time "days" of 7.4 hours each in length.

If your hours are not the same throughout the week, you should just forget about days and work it out in hours instead.

Ok, thanks - that makes sense. I work longer days on a Tues-Thurs. Hours would suit better because taking leave on a Monday or Friday always makes me feel like I've used a whole days leave for a part time day, if that makes sense.

I think you'd be entitled to about 192 hours per year. Definitely make sure you book it off in hours, otherwise the calculations will be all out.

I agree hours is the way to go. My organisation does it in hours and it makes everything much clearer. Like you I work three long days and two short - and so I want to take hours not days!

Yes agree work it out in hours. Most of the HR officers I have worked with have not been able to work out p/t hours properly.

Another agreeing re hours rather than days. It means you get your dAys off iykwim.

Are there any other pt staff?

The key is 5.6 weeks. You should get enough holiday to enable you to take 5.6 of your weeks off. If you come into work 5 days a week clearly 26 days will leave you short of the statutory minimum. That's the easiest way to point out to your HR team that they've got it wrong.

I think using hours rather than days over complicates things unless you work different hours on different days, in which case it makes sense, so for you it would be sensible so you can use the right number of hours to take whichever day off you need.

Sorry didn't mean to strike out unless, should have been unless!!

Hi
I have also reduced my hours from September this year, went from 37.5 to 32 hours over a 5 day week. My holiday allowance dropped from 27 days to 26 days, I thought it would have been more as one of my colleagues only works 30 hours a week over 4 days and she gets 22 days. At our work i think it depends on the days you work as Mondays/Fridays can be taken with Bank Holidays.

i thought its reduced according in terms of weeks - e.g i get 9 weeks leave based on working 3 days/wk - when i worked full time i still got 9 weeks but based on 5 days per week? As i now work 3 days per week excluding mondays i am still entitled to 3/5ths of the bank holidays so actually gain 5 days leave on top of my 9 weeks but i have to put the holidays which fall on my working days as leave e.g. good friday