Part time - no bank holidays ?

[Cranklanky]

Applying for a role Wednesday to Friday, bank holidays are on top of holiday allowance. If I never work Mondays , what happens? Is it appropriate to ask this at an interview?

Also, if you are part time , is 25 holidays automatically pro rata or is that dependant on the company? Again , is it appropriate to ask that at interview?

Any knowledge and opinions gratefully received!

Usually all holidays and bank holiday days would be pro rata. At mine, it’s calculated in hours, so you would get the percentage of bank holiday hours and if you never work a Monday you may have excess bank holiday hours but can take these at another time.

In most places you would just get the pro rata hours and take them at another time instead.

And yes if a job description says 25 days holiday for full time, that will be pro rata for part time.

Usually if they quote a holiday allowance then it would be pro-rataed for part timers but it would be fine to clarify at interview. 25 days plus bank holidays on top is a very generous allowance.

The not working on a day a bank holiday falls is why many companies have switched to offering a set number of days including bank holidays (minimum 28 days per year for full timers) but as part timers can not be disadvantaged they would need to pro rata the 8 bank holidays for you.

I imagine holidays and bank holidays will be pro rata
Just remember that if you want to two weeks leave you only have to take 6 days of leave to have the whole 14 days off.
If you were full time you would have to take 10 days for the same amount of time off.
So essentially you’ll get the same amount of weeks leave.

If it is a company with an HR department, then I really would not ask about this at interview, they will know what they are doing.

Your holiday allowance will be prorated, so if full time gets, say, 22 days plus 8 BH that is a total of 30 days and you would get 3/5 so 18 days. Any bank holidays like Christmas or Good Friday that fall on your working days, you will need to cover out of your 18, otherwise you are free to take them when you want.

You should get .6 (assuming 3 full days) of bh in hours which can be redeemed on Good Friday, Christmas etc . It is not an exact science and you may find a small balance in one year and deficit next which can be added to al.

I work four days, with Mondays off. My full time allowance would be 25 days plus the bank holidays. My workplace calculates it like this:

25 days + 8 BHs = 33 days
33 x 0.8 = 26.4 (which becomes 26.5 as they always round up)

We then take the 26.4 and subtract any bank holiday that don't fall on a Monday. In this leave year (for me) that's two (Boxing day and Good Friday) - so I wind up with 24.5 days, as opposed to the 33 I'd have if I was full time Monday to Friday.

I have a few friends who also work four days and the above seems standard (except for the rounding up, as some friends work in places where they round down!)

That's naughty of them as you are not supposed to round down.

I get 28 days pro rata plus bank hols. So for every bank hol I get 2 hours added to my holiday allowance.

Thanks all - @Autieangel - does this mean each bank holiday is only worth 2 hours?

No it's different for every person. So I work ten hours a week. My weekly wage is divided by the 5 days to work out what my daily rate is. So I get two hours.

Not necessarily. I worked for a fairly prestigious firm of solicitors and when I asked about bank holidays (after I had started) the answer was nothing. If you work Mondays you just lose the BH. Many members of staff had tried to fight this with no success. Luckily it was a Friday I didn't work so I only lost good Friday or any Christmas/New Year days. Work for public sector now and bank holiday hours are added to annual leave and deducted as they are taken. If not needed they can be used at any time,

That should read if you don't usually work on the BH you lose it.

I work Wednesday afternoon, and all day Thursday and Friday…the lady I job share with works Mon, Tues and Wed morn…..HR has worked it out that we both get equal ‘days off’..but I get to choose what days rather than having the bank holiday Mondays off if that makes sense.

No. If you are working 3 days, then you would generally get 3/5 of a day added to your AL for each BH.

Sometimes BHs will fall on your working days - Good Friday every year, and Christmas Day, Boxing Day and NYD as and when they fall on a Wed, Thurs or Fri. On those occasions you need to "take" some hours from your AL, as you will be having a whole day off, but will only be entitled to 3/5 of a day off, so it will cost you some of your AL. But on the 4 that are always on a Monday, you get 3/5 of your daily hours added on.

This, of course is assuming you work in a typical "office type" role where you work Mon - Fri. It is generally different in emergency services and in hospitality and retail and so forth where they aren't closed on a BH.

Usually it's certain hours a week