Working out holiday pro rata

[evedawn]

I work 28hrs per week.

I am entitled to 4 weeks hol per year - pro rata.

can someone explain how the hours will be calculated. According to my employer it is:

28 multiplied by 4 divided by 12.

I thought it ought to be

28 multiplied by 52 (ie weeks in the year) divided by 12 (months in the year)

thanks

[factor-fiction]

This site may help.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employe es/WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/DG_10029788

I don't understand your calculation or your employer's calculation. Your calculations don't make sense- are you mixing up hours and days?

Let's start at the beginning. Are you saying a full time employee (working how many hours a week?) would get 4 weeks (20 days) holiday a year?

Presumably that doesn't include bank holidays (since if it did it would be less than the statutory minimum). Adding 8 bank holidays would make that 28 days holiday a year which is the statutory minimum (5.6 weeks) from April 2009 so could be correct for a full time employee in your company.

On this basis you are entitled to 5.6 weeks at your normal working week which is 28 hours. So in terms of hours that's 5.6 x 28= 156.8 hours per year including bank holidays. Or it could be 5.6 weeks but that gets complicated depending on how your employer treats bank holidays for you.

[evedawn]

this is soooo confusing as my head is NOT made for maths!

Yes my employer said today that

i am entitled to four weeks (prorata ) therefore I presusmed that she meant four weeks (20 working days) if I worked full time hours ie: 39 hrs / week.


I did go on the website you mentioened and it is FAB cos there is a handy calculator whereby it worked out how many hours leave a year I am entitled to.... a substantial difference to what she says I am.


If she has been working everyones out incorrectly - 14 staff - then she is in for a bit of a surprise when I tell em all about the site.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP FACTOR 30!!!!!!

[factor-fiction]

I'm glad the info helps. It's a great website.

Your employer's calculation seems to be correct if it is calculating how many hours holiday you are entitled to per month. The figures don't include bank/public holidays.

Your calculation (28 hours x 52 weeks divided by 12 months) simply tells you how many hours you work (121.3 hours ) each month. The calculation doesn't tell you what your holiday entitlement is.