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Part-timers getting paid for Bank Holidays

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1972
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Part-timers getting paid for Bank Holidays

Post by 1972 »

Hello,

I wanted to check whether I should be getting paid for bank holidays.
I am on a permanent 21 hour contract.
Xmas week, I worked 4 days and was paid 4 hours 12mins for one of the b/hols and told the other was my day off.
New years day week, I worked 5 days and was told that the b/hol was my day off.
However in the past, I have been credited a day back in lieu or given 4 hours 12 minutes pay by a different manager.
Just wanted to know if anyone knew which managers approach was the correct one.

Thanks.
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Re: Part-timers getting paid for Bank Holidays

Post by POSTMAN »

While I'm a bit confused with your post,full time and part time get the same deal.

If your day off falls on a BH you get it in lieu or sometimes extra pay.
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Re: Part-timers getting paid for Bank Holidays

Post by pink panther »

All 4 day week staff are entitled to full B/H's
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Re: Part-timers getting paid for Bank Holidays

Post by fishtank »

It's laid out in the Harmonisation Agreement.

14. The annual Bank, Public and Royal Mail Group Holidays will give part-time employees an equivalent benefit of full-time employees. Part-time employees conditioned to at least four weekly attendance's will be entitled to the same number of days off as full-time employees, and where their attendance is constructed so as to "miss" a particular holiday an equivalent day off should be given as near to the appropriate holiday as possible.

Where a part-time employee is conditioned to three or fewer weekly attendance's, the total entitlement should be reduced pro-rata to a five day week (rounded to the nearest half day). Where the pattern of their attendance would either "miss" or "hit" fewer or more holidays than the entitlement then it should be adjusted accordingly during the weeks adjacent to the holidays concerned. Wherever possible this should be done by pre-scheduling the desired attendance pattern in advance across the year. The same arrangements will apply to full-time employees in the same position.
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