Does Holiday entitlement Increase after time?

[DM66]

I started 8 years ago and always remember people telling me that after I had been there a number of years my statutory holiday entitlement would increase by a day or 2 . I cant remember how long you have to be with the RM to get X amount of days. People are misty at my depot about the actual amount. Is it an extra day after 5 years of service and an extra week after 20/30 years or something like that. Or did I dream it all? Our managers are useless so I wont even bother asking them.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Leave Entitlements

This agreement delivers improved leave opportunities, principally by providing front-line employees for the first time with the maximum six weeks annual holiday. The agreement also incorporates former “privilege days” (Post Office Holidays) into standard entitlements, giving more flexibility over how and when these may be taken, and offers all employees the chance to opt for the maximum six weeks’ leave, in lieu of pay, even before 20 years’ service is achieved. The new leave entitlements, which include and replace the days previously taken separately as “Post Office privilege days”, will be as follows:

On entry = Four and a half weeks
After 5 years = Four weeks 3.5 days
After 15 years = Five weeks 1 day
After 20 years = Six weeks

These entitlements are expressed in weeks and days, with a week’s leave being a whole week irrespective of how many attendances are due. A half week’s leave is a number of odd days equal to half the average number of weekly attendances due. Any balance of entitlement to odd days represents that number of daily attendances, except where a (full- or part-time) job requires three or fewer attendances per week, in week case the balance of odd days entitlement is reduced pro-rata to a five day week, rounded to the nearest half day (e.g. the entitlement for a three-day week employee with 5 years service is 4 weeks 2 days).

All periods of service on a temporary or permanent contract (with periods of casual service included only if they run continuously into a temporary or permanent contract), except for those on unpaid leave, SPPR, or with HM Forces exceeding 15 days, will count towards calculating leave due. Previous periods of PO service may be counted for this purpose.

For part-years worked, or where the entitlement changes mid-year, the entitlement will be calculated pro-rata to the proportion(s) of the year worked, rounded to the nearest half day.

for days and weeks now read hours with the new pay system.

[DM66]

i must be really dumb because Ive read this a few times and still cant figure out if I am owed any holiday. I have 4 weeks a year holiday and have bought the extra 2 giving me 6weeks in total. I have been at RM for 8 years next Feb 2013.
Can anyone tell me if my current my entitlements are correct based on the above reply?

[DM66]

looks like Im entitled to 33.5 days a year

[fishtank]

i must be really dumb because Ive read this a few times and still cant figure out if I am owed any holiday. I have 4 weeks a year holiday and have bought the extra 2 giving me 6weeks in total. I have been at RM for 8 years next Feb 2013.
Can anyone tell me if my current my entitlements are correct based on the above reply?

Your basic entitlement is 23.5 days.
The leave purchase agreement allows you to extend that to a maximum of 30 days.
After 5 years your entitlement increased by one day but because you purchase leave all that meant was that you purchased less to take you up to the maximum.
As long as you purchase leave the number of holidays you receive will not change no matter how long you are in the business...only the amount you pay to purchase it will change.