Tag: time off
Holidays – 5.6 weeks?
by admin on Oct.28, 2009, under Thoughts
Did you know that if you work in the UK you are entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday a week even if your only working part time. That can include bank holidays but doesn’t always – you should check your contract. I didn’t realise it but found it while researching something for holiday time off.
Government Business Website Link:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1079427399
Using calculations from:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10034642
For a normal working week (37.5 hours)
Hours: 37.5 * 5.6 = 210 Hours
Days : 5 * 5.6 = 28 Days
Seems you get around a month off annually which sounds like a lot but probably doesn’t quite work that way so well. It was effective from the start of the financial year – April 2009.
