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oralrural
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luft1957
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Re: HOLIDAYS

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the new rates for holidays now include bank holidays in your basic minimum entitlement
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luft1957 wrote:the new rates for holidays now include bank holidays in your basic minimum entitlement
correct - Royal Mail now give the absolute legal minimum leave that they can as public and bank holidays can now be considered in with the legal entitlement even if you are not paid for them.

I predict no increase in annual leave entitlement at all. :sad:
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Re: HOLIDAYS

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luft1957 wrote:the new rates for holidays now include bank holidays in your basic minimum entitlement
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oralrural wrote:
luft1957 wrote:the new rates for holidays now include bank holidays in your basic minimum entitlement
From the 1st April Minimum entitlement is 28 days( by law)if you've bought a week (5 days) are you entitled to 33 days.
If you haven't bought a week you still get 28 days so those buying the week are losing out because your maximum leave allocation is 30 days(we are paying for three days were not getting).
You are including bank holidays though...
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oralrural
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Re: HOLIDAYS

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Re: HOLIDAYS

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oralrural wrote:
IPS wrote:
oralrural wrote:
luft1957 wrote:the new rates for holidays now include bank holidays in your basic minimum entitlement
From the 1st April Minimum entitlement is 28 days( by law)if you've bought a week (5 days) are you entitled to 33 days.
If you haven't bought a week you still get 28 days so those buying the week are losing out because your maximum leave allocation is 30 days(we are paying for three days were not getting).
You are including bank holidays though...
YES the 28 days includes bank holidays which applies to everyone in the uk who works 5 days (not just Royal Mail) on April 1st,----but what I'm trying to find out is ---- If you already had 5 weeks A/L(25 days) and you bought an extra weeks A/L (5 days)taking your entitlement to six weeks or 30 days how much leave should you have now if the statutory holiday is 28 days on the 1st April?
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Re: HOLIDAYS

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RM holiday entitlement is 4 1/2 weeks plus bank holidays, so for England and Wales I believe the entitlement is 22 1/2 days plus 8 bank holidays (over here in NI we get extra) which gives a total of 30 1/2 leave days per year which is 2 1/2 days over the minimum entitlement. So you aren't losing any holidays by buying extra.
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dunposting
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Re: HOLIDAYS

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It is up to your employer to decide if bank holidays are included in this statutory minimum.
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Re: HOLIDAYS

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oralrural wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:RM holiday entitlement is 4 1/2 weeks plus bank holidays, so for England and Wales I believe the entitlement is 22 1/2 days plus 8 bank holidays (over here in NI we get extra) which gives a total of 30 1/2 leave days per year which is 2 1/2 days over the minimum entitlement. So you aren't losing any holidays by buying extra.
Correct up to the end of march 2009,but from APRIL 1st minimum entitlement goes up to 28 days in the uk for everyone so I am paying for an extra weeks leave 5 days,surely that should make it 33 days.
Before i bought this week i was on 25 days and are now on 30 days so if i hadn't bought a week i would get an extra 3 days for nothing.
You have not bought 3 extra days for nothing, RM are including your Bank Holidays in you entitlement so you already get over the minimum.

Depending on how long you have been with RM you get 22 1/2 days leave (not 25) plus your bank holidays (8 days) plus you are buying an extra 7 1/2 days to make your leave up to 6 weeks per year.
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floydy
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Re: HOLIDAYS

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Ive posted this on another thread, but i'll just chuck it into the mix


A few of the lads in my DO have bought extra A\L but have been pulled into the office by dom to be told that the leave has not been deducted from their wages, a ballsup by a previous dom.

now the current dom has no record of how much is owed and the staff can't be certain and TBH you aint gonna pay more back than you owe!

Now the current dom has started taking holidays for this year off individuals who he know's owe RM..

Can he do this without even knowing what people owe...all the staff are willing to pay the money back But at a reasonable rate only when they work out what the actually owe.....


Any help on this matter would be welcome!
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