Holiday entitlement for a 5 day week of shorter days

[MrsMaiselTheMarvelous]

So I've been offered a new role where the working pattern will be 20 hours per week, working 4 hours per day over 5 days a week.

Most people in the company work full days (9 to 5.30) so a 37.5 hour working week (one hour unpaid for lunch each day). Some are on 5 day weeks and some are 3-4 days but no one else works short days.

Full time holiday allowance is generous at 28 days plus all UK bank holidays.

I've asked them to clarify how holiday will work for me and they seem a bit stumped. First I was told I'd be entitled to 15 days per year and then they came back and said they were looking into it further.

I think potentially as I'm working 5 days a week, I should be entitled to the full 28 days and it would just be that my working days (so the time the company will be paying me to be off) will be shorter and therefore less pay than those working full days? Is this right? Any words of wisdom from anyone who actually knows?! My brain is hurting from going round in circles with this!

Thank you!

I would work it as holiday 'hours'

So full time 37.5hr workers get 28 days @ 7.5 hours a day = 210 hours holiday + bank holidays

210 hours divided by 37.5 = 5.6
5.6 times 20 = 112 hours

So I'd make your entitlement to be 112 hours aka 28 days at 4 hours a day.

Companies have various policies on part time/bank holiday entitlement. I'd apply the same principle so you'd get all the bank holidays off.

Your holiday entitlement is exactly the same as full timers but prorota for the hours. This includes bank hoildays you will not be entitled to the 8 full days but a percentage.

Divide the holiday entitlement by 37.5 and then times by 20 - most companies calculate part time holiday entitlement in hours.

In reality it does work out that if you got 28 days full time you would get around 15 whole days doing your hours or 28 half days. When taking a week off you could book 2 whole days or 4 half days depending on which works best on your system.

I'm surprised they are struggling as this is extremely common. (calculations are approx as i cannot be bothered to calculate what % 20 is of 37.5,but it is just over half so you should get just over half what the full time employees ie. 15 WHOLE days)