Paid Bank Holiday

[Supernick]

I handed my notice in on Monday 20th, and with a month's notice, calculated as 4 weeks, that means that the 14th (Good Friday) is my final day. Work are telling me that they don't have to pay me for the 14th and that I'll have to have the 13th as my last day. I'm arguing that it's a paid holiday and so I should still entitled to money fom that day as with any other working day. Thoughts?

[mkt]

for the sake of maintaining a decent relationship in case of future references etc and as it's just a single day i'd prob just leave and be done with it rather than have the hassle of arguing and dragging it out. not sure of the actaul legal standing though.

[antiguru]

mkt is right, it may not be worth the hassle. But they are wrong and you are right. the contract is in place until the 14th. failure to pay for the 14th is breach of contract.

keep it friendly. if they don't relent and you want to pursue look at http://www.employmenttribunals.gov.uk/.

[Buenchico]

Antiguru's answer is basically correct but there may be other factors to take into account. For example, you've not told us the annual holiday entitlement for your job or the number of days holiday you've already taken this year.

If your contract only entitles you the statutory minimum holiday allowance, then (assuming you normally work a 5 day week), your holiday entitlement for the 15 weeks of 2006 that you will have spent with the company is 5.77 days. If you've already taken 6 (or more) days holiday this year (including any days, such as 2nd January, when the company may have been closed), then you've no further right to any paid holiday. In this case your contract will still officially end on 14th April but Good Friday will be an unpaid holiday. This might explain why your company states that, effectively, your employment will terminate on 13th April.

Before you argue too vigorously with your employers, check how much holiday you've already had. If it's less than 6 days, then pursue the point. Otherwise it might be better to keep quiet. (If you've had exactly 6 days, the company will have the right to deduct 0.24 of a day's pay. If you've had even more holiday, the company can deduct these additional overpayments as well).

Chris

[WoWo]

There isn't actually a legal obligation on your employer to pay you for Bank Holidays. Most companies do but all they have to do by Law is give you the day off...

http://www.acas.co.uk/index.aspx?articleid=806

Personally as others have said I'd just forget about it for the sake of easier references etc in the future

[stoo_pid]

Just a minor point, but companies don't have to give you Bank Holidays off if they don't want to (unless you work in a bank, of course).