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Annual leave part time

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Mondayneverends · 21/04/2026 17:58

I work 20 hours per week 4 hours each day Monday-Friday. Full time annual leave is 25 days. I’ve been told I will get 13.5 days (full time week is 37.5). In previous jobs my annual leave was in hours, so I would get 100 hours. Is it better to book time off in hours or days? I’m a bit confused by it.

OP posts:
User33538216 · 22/04/2026 06:55

Mondayneverends · 21/04/2026 21:52

Thank you. Should I ask them to change my entitlement to hours or change my days to 25? They use BrightHR. Bit worried about how I’m going to explain this to them.

You should have 33 days, like the full timers as you work five days.

OP, my full time leave is 30 days plus BH. I currently work three days a week and get approx 22 days depending on when BH fall.

I got this allowance when I was working three days half days and it’s the same now I’m working three full days because our leave is calculated in days. It makes so much more sense.

Zanatdy · 23/04/2026 07:47

Its easier to do in hours when you’re part time. You will get 25 days too, but you do shorter day. So just book off the number of hrs you work per day and x by 5 for a week off.

Zanatdy · 23/04/2026 07:50

Mondayneverends · 21/04/2026 21:12

If I book a day off, it takes off a full day from my allowance. I don’t think this is correct after reading all the comments.

Is it right that I get 25 days to book? Obviously I would only get paid for 4 hours not 7.5 hours. I guess I am in every day so it makes sense I should have 25 days off. Also if I had the entitlement in 100 hours and booked off 4 hours at a time, it works out to be 25 days available to book.

It should deduct the number of hours you work, not a full day. That’s wrong if its taking a full day.

shelbybears · 23/04/2026 09:38

I think they are calculating that at the 13.5 days being 7 hrs or whatever full time days are. Ask them for it in hours. You technically would still get 25 days for your short 4 hour days. I think they’ve just communicated this poorly and made it confusing.

I work different amount of hours each day over 4 days per week. Full time get 28 plus bank holidays so 36 days. Full time is 37.5 hrs mine is 22.5 hrs. This works out at 0.6 full time equivalent. My holidays are calculated 36 x 0.6 so I get 21.6 days. Then convert it to hours so 7.5hrs x 21.6 is 162 hours. They have to work out my holidays in hours as doing it in days just doesn’t work. Thankfully our booking system keeps track and makes it easy too.

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