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Minimum holiday entitlement at work

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SurreyGuy | 15:07 Thu 16th Jul 2009 | Law
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We were having a discussion at lunchtime about holidays and someone stated that they had read/heard that a law came into force on April 1st this year that everyone is entitled to 28 days annual leave.

Our initial response was, "are you sure that's not an April Fools joke?", but he assured us that is is fact! However, he cannot remember where he read/heard it.

Is what he says true?
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yes.
its 28 days if you work 5 days a week.

but bank holidays etc can be taken out of this.
5 full days a week?
what if you work 5 days but only 6 hrs a day?
then i suppose you get 28 days of 6 hours off.
i just thought it would be classed as p time hrs therefore only less days off
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Do you want 3 guesses who you have to thank for this?

Yep the EU.

http://www.duport.co.uk/news-centre/2007/Augus t/20070806-EU%20increase%20holiday%20entitleme nt.htm

Which is probably why it didn't get all that much publicity - the papers hate reporting anything positive about the EU
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Thanks.

Our leave year runs from October 1st to September 30th, so will our entitlement start this October or is it retrospective?
Your current working year includes 6 months under the old rules and 6 months under the new rules (which came into effect on 1st April).

So (assuming a 5 day working week), you're entitled to (� x 24 days) + (� x 28 days) = 26 days holiday.

That entitlement includes all days when you were on 'enforced holidays' (i.e. when the company was closed for business), such as public holidays and (if relevant) the period between Christmas and New Year.

Chris
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Thanks.

Yes, I work a 5 day, 39 hour week.

What a bummer the "new" 28 days includes Bank Holidays! :o(
The old 20 days included bank and public holidays too.
The 28 days may include Bank Holidays.
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I confirmed with our HR Dept today that it DOES include Bank Holidays! :o(

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