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part time bank holiday entitlement
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I've heard that a recent change in the law entitles part-time workers the same holiday pay for bank holidays as full timers. Can anyone confirm this and expand on any details. thanks in advance
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I work in a job share post, which means I work half full-time hours. My employers (a local authority) give equal rights for part-time staff, so that means I get exactly the same holiday entitlement, pro-rata, as my full-time colleagues.
Not sure where the law stands on it. I know when I first started working for them some years ago, there was no legal entitlement - just their goodwill.
Not sure where the law stands on it. I know when I first started working for them some years ago, there was no legal entitlement - just their goodwill.
This is what it says on the ACAS site-
"Can a part-time worker who works Wednesday to Friday claim the right to paid bank holidays which fall on a Monday?
Only if full-time workers at the same workplace are given paid leave for bank holidays in addition to the statutory leave entitlements under the Working Time Regulations.
The Part-time Workers (Prevention of less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 provide that part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-timers in regard to their contractual terms. As most bank and public holidays fall on a Monday, those staff who do not normally work that day could be disadvantaged. Best practice suggests that such workers should be given a pro-rata entitlement of days off in lieu according to the number of hours they work."
"Can a part-time worker who works Wednesday to Friday claim the right to paid bank holidays which fall on a Monday?
Only if full-time workers at the same workplace are given paid leave for bank holidays in addition to the statutory leave entitlements under the Working Time Regulations.
The Part-time Workers (Prevention of less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 provide that part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-timers in regard to their contractual terms. As most bank and public holidays fall on a Monday, those staff who do not normally work that day could be disadvantaged. Best practice suggests that such workers should be given a pro-rata entitlement of days off in lieu according to the number of hours they work."
Corbyloo, that tallies with another aspect of my position. I do actually work Wednesday to Friday, so what usually happens is that I receive half a day's time in lieu for every bank holiday. This happens even for Good Friday, but that's not a real problem because it all evens out.
However it never seems quite as fair on my jobshare partner who almost always can only claim half a day's bank holiday, even though she has to take the whole day off.
However it never seems quite as fair on my jobshare partner who almost always can only claim half a day's bank holiday, even though she has to take the whole day off.
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