I am entitled to 26 days annual leave plus 12.5 days bank holidays and office closures.
I work part time 20 hours a week 4 hours a day, so if I take a day off , I only work 16 hours.
I have worked out if I worked full time I would get 182 hrs annual plus 85.5 hours BH
working only 20 hours I get 104 hrs AL plus 50 hrs for bank holidays etc
However due to change in HR i have been told I have to prorata the days by 20/35. Which gives me 15 days AL plus 7 days BH which is okay. However, and here is the big BUT have been told if I take a week off , this counts as 5 days. I am therefore only getting 60 hours (15 days = 3weeks x 20 hours a week) holiday a year not the 104.
I also have to take a day off for a bank holiday or office closure which is 12.5 days a year. This means I have to cover 5.5 days from my AL leaving me just 9.5 days for the rest of the year which won't even allow me to take a 2 week break.
If the 15 days are equal to 104 hours then I am being asked to take 35 hours from it for a week not the 20 hours I actually work. If I take a day off I have to take 7 hours instead of 4 hours.
I have looked up on the ACAS website and it says to prorata bank holiday if someone doesn't normally work mondays etc, but as I always work every day I have no choice other than to take it as part of my leave.
It worked perfectly well the way I did it before, my line manager fully understood the method I was using, but now it seems I am being penalised for working part time.