Holiday entitlement

Iam on 33 days + bank holidays. I also acrew 30min extra a day by having 30mins for lunch instead of the 60mins iam allowed, which i take back a day at a time. So thats 33 + 8 + 12 = 53 days off a year. Its not all bad working for the nhs. :D
 
danoliver1 said:
Iam on 33 days + bank holidays. I also acrew 30min extra a day by having 30mins for lunch instead of the 60mins iam allowed, which i take back a day at a time. So thats 33 + 8 + 12 = 53 days off a year. Its not all bad working for the nhs. :D
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Yeah i loved working for HMRC. Pay was rubbish but it was flex time so 8am to 10am starts, lunch between 12pm and 2pm and finish between 3.30pm and 5.30pm.

No overtime but any hours in excess of 36.5 hrs could be added onto holidays to a maximum of 2 days per month. Got 28 days plus bank holiday plus queens birthday so got 61 days off per annum.

I knew a girl i worked with who had every friday off as holiday every week.

Once i went in private sector never had more than 20+8 :(
 
Greebo said:
Yeah i loved working for HMRC. Pay was rubbish but it was flex time so 8am to 10am starts, lunch between 12pm and 2pm and finish between 3.30pm and 5.30pm.

No overtime but any hours in excess of 36.5 hrs could be added onto holidays to a maximum of 2 days per month. Got 28 days plus bank holiday plus queens birthday so got 61 days off per annum.

I knew a girl i worked with who had every friday off as holiday every week.

Once i went in private sector never had more than 20+8 :(
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Haven't we had a thread like this before? :)

All fine here on the private side, chose the "right" company.

Banks = Usually pretty high holiday allowance, I get 30, buy 5, plus bank holiday. Flexi-time, agile working, you name it.

Large manufacturing = Good

Small business = 25 days is not always possible
 
Happy to work for a company who allow me to take holidays in advance (E.G. If I get 20 days annual holiday, I can take them all at any time, so long as I see the year out). I imagine that if I left prior to the year ending, they'd just dock my final pay.
 
Redgie said:
Happy to work for a company who allow me to take holidays in advance (E.G. If I get 20 days annual holiday, I can take them all at any time, so long as I see the year out). I imagine that if I left prior to the year ending, they'd just dock my final pay.
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I'm lucky in my workplace we can do that. I could easily take all my entitlement in april/may time without any questions asked. As you say, they would just dock me if I left early.

I'm hitting 10 years in my current job so am at the holiday ceiling of 29 days with bank holidays on top, i'm happy with that tbh.
 
Redgie said:
Happy to work for a company who allow me to take holidays in advance (E.G. If I get 20 days annual holiday, I can take them all at any time, so long as I see the year out). I imagine that if I left prior to the year ending, they'd just dock my final pay.
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Wait a moment, your company wont let you take holiday until you have accrued it? If so, that isnt the norm, well not for most anyhow.

If you dont mind me asking, what type of business / environment do you work in?
 
My understanding is that in the UK, your minimum annual leave entitlement is 28 days per year if you work a four or five day week (pro rata for those that work 1-3 day weeks) and pro rata for the amount of an annual leave year you have will have been employed by a company.

It is also my understanding that this minimum should not be rounded down.
 
Greebo said:
Again quite common and allowed.

https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/calculate-leave-entitlement
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Not sure what this link helps with im afriad; I of course understand accural system.

Though for example i can take 2 weeks holiday in February without question. My holiday year is Jan-Dec, ill accrue that holiday throughout the rest of the year.

Redgie suggested, please do correct me if im wrong, he must earn the holiday before being able to take it. That suggests a fairly high staff turnover environment, with a large amount of leavers.

So just confirm, Redgie wont be able to take 2 weeks holiday until say June.

I imagine i completely misread that, but he implied that hasnt been the case elsewhere.
 
When I worked for ASDA, my store had that policy of you can only take time off holiday when you've actually accrued it. You could book stuff off in advanced, just not take large chunks at the start.

I think it was because someone took the mick one year, booked off a month at the start of the leave year then buggered off, you can technically reclaim the money from the employee, but it's more hassle than it's worth at times.
 
Kuros said:
When I worked for ASDA, my store had that policy of you can only take time off holiday when you've actually accrued it. You could book stuff off in advanced, just not take large chunks at the start.

I think it was because someone took the mick one year, booked off a month at the start of the leave year then buggered off, you can technically reclaim the money from the employee, but it's more hassle than it's worth at times.
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My company just takes days out your last pay check if you have taken too many.
 
UTmaniac said:
My understanding is that in the UK, your minimum annual leave entitlement is 28 days per year if you work a four or five day week (pro rata for those that work 1-3 day weeks) and pro rata for the amount of an annual leave year you have will have been employed by a company.

It is also my understanding that this minimum should not be rounded down.
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This.

How are come some of you guys are only getting 20 days holiday?
 
I have ~20 days holiday. My 28 days that I start with also include Bank Holiday days and then we are forced to have the days in between Xmas an New Year off as well.
 
tlrBeta said:
Not sure what this link helps with im afriad; I of course understand accural system.

Though for example i can take 2 weeks holiday in February without question. My holiday year is Jan-Dec, ill accrue that holiday throughout the rest of the year.

Redgie suggested, please do correct me if im wrong, he must earn the holiday before being able to take it. That suggests a fairly high staff turnover environment, with a large amount of leavers.

So just confirm, Redgie wont be able to take 2 weeks holiday until say June.

I imagine i completely misread that, but he implied that hasnt been the case elsewhere.
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Yep I have worked at companies who do that. Until you had been there 3 months you couldnt have a week off etc.
 
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