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| I’ve been delivering papers for the past year and I am going on holiday with my parents for two weeks should the paper shop pay me while I’m on holiday? |
| Yes and no. Crazy answer I know but it depends on your age. If you are over the age of 16 then you are entitled to 20 days paid holiday a year by law. Your entitlement to holidays and holiday pay starts to build up once you are legally able to leave school.( The last Friday in June). Before this date you have no rights in law but you may have a contract with your employer that says you will be paid for some holidays. |
| I only work three days a week am I still entitled to 24 days paid holiday a year? |
| Sorry but no, you are only entitled to a proportion of the holidays that relates to the days you work. This is called pro rata. As you work 60% of the week you are entitled to 60% of the 24 days or what ever it says in your contract that is better than 24 days. Your contract cannot give you less than 24 days. If your contract says less than 24 days then this is an illegal contract. The amount of paid holiday is increasing to 28 days in 2009 so that the 8 bank and public holidays will be included in the statutory minimum. |
| My boss says that I will only be entitled to 12 days holiday this year as I started in June and the holiday year starts in January so I’ve lost 12 days is this right? |
| I’m afraid the answer is yes. If your company has a leave year starting in January as you say then the boss is right but check your statement of terms and conditions to see what it says in there. If you have no written contract then your holiday entitlement year starts on the day you start work and you will start to build up holidays as the year goes on. If you worked for a different company before this one you will have built up some holiday entitlement from them and this should have either given to you as paid holidays whilst you worked for them or as extra days wages in lieu of the holiday. Again the number of days will be related to the amount of time you have worked. If it is your first job then the rules are slightly different in that you build up your holiday entitlement in advance so for example, if you work full time and have worked for three months for your employer, you will be deemed to have accrued five days leave after those three months. Your annual leave entitlement is four weeks x five days = 20 days' leave. Multiply 20 by 3/12 (because you have worked for three months) = five days' leave accrued. |
| My boss says that I am not entitled to any paid holidays until I have worked for three months is this right. |
| No, your holiday entitlement starts building up from the moment you start working but there maybe something in your terms of employment about how much notice you have to give before you can take some time off. |
| For more information about holidays and holiday pay |
| www.adviceguide.org.uk or visit your local Citizens Advice Bureau click here for their contact details or e mail us youth@askcab.co.uk |
Disclaimer, Target Audience, Jurisdiction Last updated & checked: 26/09/2007