shorter hours, same holidays??

[ibizaboy]

my boss has cut our working week from 40 hours to 32 indefinitely. he says our holidays will be cut also. but how, the legal yearly minimum is 28 days so how can he cut it.?

[Panic Button]

Has he cut the days, or just the hours?

The 28 day minimum is for those working 5 on 2 off.

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

[ibizaboy]

hes cut the hours although 8 hours less is a full day.

[spudqueen]

Have a look here
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employe es/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10034642

[saxy_jag]

Which means, basically, that if you're part time, you will get a proportion of the legal minimum appropriate to whatever portion of a full time week you work.

For instance, I work 18.5 hours a week - half of full time. Therefore I only legally get 14 days' leave per year (in reality more than that because I have a generous employer).

[saxy_jag]

Bank holidays can be included in your minimum entitlement. As has been pointed out in your other thread, they have no special significance in terms of leave.

Depending on your employer's policy, you may get extra pay for working on bank holidays or you may not. Similarly some employers will give you time off in lieu at, say, time and a half or double time. But again, they're not legally obliged to do so.

Likewise, you have no legal right to take your leave as when you choose - not even bank holidays. It's almost always at your employer's discretion.

I regularly hear the staff at my local supermarket complaining about various aspects of their terms and conditions of work, and I'm fortunate not to need to work in such a place (I've done it before and you have my undying admiration). However, when it comes to the law, these supermarkets usually work within it - just. It's how they keep their profit margins up and their costs down.