Payment in lieu

[VeryExhaustedPigeon]

Hoping there might be some HR people who can help.

Just left an (awful) job. Holiday year started on 1st January so I was expecting 1.5 days of accrued annual leave to be paid in my final pay today but just been paid the pro rata amount of my salary for January.

Have queried with HR who have said accrued holiday is only paid for completed months and because I'm leaving before 1st February I'm not entitled to any payment in lieu.

Is this correct? The government website/ACAS both agree with my calculation but don't confirm whether an employer can restrict payment to only full completed months.

FWIIW, I agree with you too. It used to be possible to do it they way they have, but that hasn't been the case for years.

Yea unfortunately only complete months count.

Can you take the day off you've accrued? Is it that they won't pay out for part months but that you could take the time?

You are right. They are wrong (and so is Crazycrazylady). They must pay you 1.5 days holiday. They cannot refuse to pay your statutory entitlement unless you work the complete month. Refer them to the government's holiday entitlement calculator at Calculate holiday entitlement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Yea fortunately you are wrong.