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Annual leave

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Annual leave	Lucy	18 Mar 08
Re: Annual leave	Kevin Bush	18 Mar 08
Re: Annual leave	Lucy	18 Mar 08
Re: Annual leave	Kevin Bush	18 Mar 08
Re: Annual leave	Lucy	18 Mar 08
Re: Annual leave	adrian dobson	18 Mar 08

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Annual leave	Lucy	18/03/2008 09:54
My new company gives full time employees 20 days annual leave per annum and the office is shut between Christmas and New Year (which usually equals 4 days). Do you think this meets the regulations?

+ Re: Annual leave	Kevin Bush	18/03/2008 10:06
Are the 4 days shutdown included in the 20 days and do you also add bank/stat holidays on top (8 days usually)?
++ Re: Annual leave	Lucy	18/03/2008 10:07
4 days at Xmas are additional but employees have no choice about this. Bank holidays are not counted.
+++ Re: Annual leave	Kevin Bush	18/03/2008 10:30
If you mean that people get the bank holidays as well then you are on 20+4+8 =32 days per year (except next year because Easter is early). The statutory minimum is 24 days including bank/stats so you are well ahead at the moment. Don't forget that the statutory minimum will rise to 28 days in April 2009
+++ Re: Annual leave	Lucy	18/03/2008 10:15
4 days at Xmas are additional but employees have no choice about this. Bank holidays are not counted.
++++ Re: Annual leave	adrian dobson	18/03/2008 10:31	adriandobson@ pds-hr com
Lucy, In short, no is not legal. The min holiday entitlement should be 24 days, which includes public holidays, and then from 1st April next year it should rise to 28 days inc public holidays. Anything less than 24 is a breach of the WTR. Employers can of course give more. In relation to asking you to retain a proportion of your holiday to cover Xmas, that is perfectly fine for a Company to do that. It should be included in the contract or at very least mentioned in the Company Handbook. If this is something the company just wants to introduce from this year - then they cant just 'do it'. They must consult with employees on why they wnat to do it, and how they propose to do it, and how it will be managed going forward. So for example if were me, if introducing this year, I would probably propose that we will be closed 4 days, and want you to take holiday. Therefore, we will give you 2 of those days, and expect you to use 2 out of your own entitlement. The next year you will be required to retain and use the 4 out of your existing entitlement - something along those lines. If you are at or about to start the holiday year, then they can probably get away with asking you to retain and use 4 of your own days - but they MUST consult with you, before they implement it. Hope this helps. Adrian Dobson PDS-HR.com