Holiday Pay Accrued

[dirtyfacedangel]

hi
i am currently working for an agency, for the first 12 weeeks of my assignment i was on an hourly rate of 6.31 per hour which rose up to 9.02 on 1st march.
i have now been informed that any holiday hours accrues before the 1st march will only be paid out at the 6.31 rate - is this rate or are the agency ripping me off

many thanks in advance

louise

[black_cat51]

well it seems logical and fair to me. If you had left after 12 weeks, your holiday pay would only be that much.

[mccfluff]

that's right, that is the rate you were being paid when you accrued the holiday, regardless of when you take it

[EcclesCake]

I agree with Black Cat; it makes perfect, logical sense.

[heathfield]

Your holiday pay should be calculated from the average pay for hours worked over the last 12 weeks before the holiday.

https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/holiday-pay-the-basics

[dirtyfacedangel]

HI GUYS

many thanks for your replies and the link to the website - i did believe it made sense however the agrncy i work for are prone to misguiding us with information (thats when they acctually communicate with us)

once again many thanks

[EDDIE51]

i work for agency and my holiday pay is calculated as a % of what ever rate I earned . So 10 hours at £6.31 total £63.10 gets me 10% as holiday pay £6.31.
If I earned £9.02 an hour I'd get £0.90 an hour holiday pay.
Your agency is correct. The £6.31 rate gets £0,63 holiday pay and the £9.02 rate gets £0.90 holiday pay.

[carrot99]

http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/a/11-949-agency-workers-regulations-guidance.pdf

the link takes you to the government regs for agency workers

[factor-fiction]

I don't directly get holiday pay, eddie- the agency say it's built into the daily rate (just under 11%), but as the pay rates seem to be the same as they were 5 years ago I'm not convinced. Fortunately it's well above minimum wage but if it weren't I suppose they'd have to pay minimum wage + the 11% holiday pay supplement