Teaching assistants - paid leave?

[Notquitegrownup]

Just a quick question. Do TAs get any paid holidays? (And if not - how come, since after the European Working Directive, I thought that all paid employees had to have some paid annual leave.)

You work 39 weeks but get paid for 43. So yes you do get paid holidays

thank you.

Thank you. And is a job advertised at 26 hrs per week a full time TA job, or part time?

wellllll.....

It's a full-time job because you are covering the full school day but it's not full-time if you are trying to work out the pay. I think that's based on a 35 hour week.

Many thanks again EW - yes, I'm looking at applying for a job and trying to work out the pay. The further details aren't very helpful in explaining any of this. So I take the total salary and divide by 26/35 . . . .

You don't know if the total salary given in the advert is for 52 weeks or 43 weeks, do you?

(Maybe I could apply to help them with their HR at the same time!)

If the ad's not clear why don't you give them a ring and ask them to explain the salary?

Yes, I will do FB Just clearing up the basics via MN, so that I don't appear to be asking really simple questions . . .

I work as a support assistant & a 'full time' week is 37 hours. I get paid for 43.26 weeks, but it's paid in 12 equal monthly amounts.

So if the full time salary was £15,000 the calculation would be 15,000 /52 x 43.26 / 37 x26 for a 26 hour week which = £8769 which you'd get £730 a month gross.

Thanks RB