Quick couple of questions regarding holidays

[neil2k]

Hi all and sorry if this has been answered a million times already.
I started with RM on the 21st June on a permanent part time contract 20 hours per week over 5 days.
Last week I did 30 hours and this week and next week I am down for 6 days a week and 35 hours plus each week.
I have just checked my holiday entitlement on the app and it's saying I am entitled to 70.03 hours between now and March 31st.
Now to take a week off (might seem a stupid question) but am I right in saying I need to book just 20 hours to get a week off?
Furthermore am I entitled to buy extra holiday for the current year or is it too late now.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[Rael, the IAK]

Yep, if you're on a 20 hour contract (I still can't see the point of these. What can realistically be done in a 4 hour day. They're just taking the piss ), a week off will cost you 20 hours of your holiday entitlement.
I'm not up on the POAL rules, as I've never used it, so will leave that to someone else to pick up.

[neil2k]

Yep, if you're on a 20 hour contract (I still can't see the point of these. What can realistically be done in a 4 hour day. They're just taking the piss ), a week off will cost you 20 hours of your holiday entitlement.
I'm not up on the POAL rules, as I've never used it, so will leave that to someone else to pick up.

Nice one thanks, not so bad then.

Can anyone else advise on the POAL rules please?

[97gaz]

Can anyone else advise on the POAL rules please?

You can't start POAL in the middle of the year. You need to see the DOM between Jan-Feb so wages can set it up before the start of the new tax year.

[Route1]

Like gaz says, see your manager in Jan - Feb to set up POAL for April. You really need to hound the manager starting Jan because if its not set up by March? april? you'll miss the next year too.

For my circumstances POAL is brilliant as I get 6 weeks off instead of 4 & 3/5 weeks. Its costs me £11 a week but I do plenty o/t to cover it. For a 20 hr contract it'll cost u about £7 a week.

[neil2k]

Like gaz says, see your manager in Jan - Feb to set up POAL for April. You really need to hound the manager starting Jan because if its not set up by March? april? you'll miss the next year too.

For my circumstances POAL is brilliant as I get 6 weeks off instead of 4 & 3/5 weeks. Its costs me £11 a week but I do plenty o/t to cover it. For a 20 hr contract it'll cost u about £7 a week.

That's brilliant thanks