Compulsory Christmas closure

[MinnieMountain]

I work 3 days a week. My employers closes between Christmas and New Year (standard for our industry).

This year one of my usual work days for the closure period is a bank holiday. HR is saying I should take that as leave. Is that correct?

Full time staff always have to take 3 days leave to cover the week’s closure.

Pro-rata bank holidays are added to my leave entitlement as my employers decided which days I work each week.

Sounds right to me. What does your contract say?

It doesn’t . It was written by a previous HR officer who was useless.

So pro rata bank Holidays are already added to your entitlement? For you to use when you want?

If so, then it makes sense.

Yes makes sense. What were you expecting?

Why wouldn't that be correct?

Yes I used to work 3 days a week, if a bank holiday fell on a work day I had to take it as leave. You get pro rata bank holidays added to your leave entitlement purely for this reason.

Because FT colleagues have to take the same number of days leave as me to get 5 days off work.

But FT colleagues he's don't get additional AL added into their entitlement. HR are correct.

Fair enough.

We do the same. Yes it is correct- enjoy your long break!

HR are correct.

If they add the bank holidays into your entitlement pro rata then yes you would deduct a day you were supposed to be working when the workplace is shut

Full time staff will have to use their holiday entitlement to cover their days off too, including the bank holidays