Hourly Holiday Calculation

[Milkman007]

I would like to know how many hours annual entitlement I should be entitled to, my working week is as follows:

Monday 10:00am to 23.30
Tuesday 10:00am to 23.30
Wednesday 10:00am to 23.30
Thursday 10:00am to 23.30
Friday 10:00am to 19:00

However, on the last Monday of the month I have an early finish:

Monday 10:00 - 19:00

In addition on the first Tuesday of the month I have 3 hours off as follows:

Tuesday 10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 22:00 - 23.30

My current annual holiday entitlement is 30 days, 10 are compulsory days off over Christmas and thanks giving.

We are an English company registered and operate toatally within the UK, although most customers come from the US, hence having to take time off over Christmas.

My company recently introduced the compulsory time off over Christmas and Thanks giving, it has the effect currently of me loosing out on the last Monday early finnish and first Tuesday 3 hours off.

So I loose 7.5 hours due to having to take this time offf as compulsory and when booking holidays a full day is taken regardless of the fact that I may be due an early finnish.

Hence my reason for asking for clarification on what I should be entitled to if my holiday was translated to hours instead off full days off.

[ULA]

The minimum annual holiday entitlement for workers who work a 5 day week is 5.6 weeks or 28 days and bank holiday can be included as part of the statutory annual leave.

Your employer is entitled to tell staff when they can take leave by way of a company shut-down at certain periods in the year.

Since you do not work on a zero hours contract or different hours each day your holiday entitlement will be calculated on days not hours basis.
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[Milkman007]

Not all days are the same, not all weeks are the same:


Monday 10:00am to 23.30
Tuesday 10:00am to 23.30
Wednesday 10:00am to 23.30
Thursday 10:00am to 23.30
Friday 10:00am to 19:00

However, on the last Monday of the month I have an early finish:

Monday 10:00 - 19:00

In addition on the first Tuesday of the month I have 3 hours off as follows:

Tuesday 10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 22:00 - 23.30

Not sure I agree with your conclusion, it certainly seems different to what ACAS have informed me.

[ULA]

So do you effectively work a shift pattern? In which case what is your exact shift pattern.

[Milkman007]

Not all days are the same, not all weeks are the same:


Monday 10:00am to 23.30
Tuesday 10:00am to 23.30
Wednesday 10:00am to 23.30
Thursday 10:00am to 23.30
Friday 10:00am to 19:00

However, on the last Monday of the month I have an early finish:

Monday 10:00 - 18:00

In addition on the first Tuesday of the month I have 3 hours off as follows:

Tuesday 10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 22:00 - 23.30

[ULA]

I cannot see that this is a shift pattern such as 4 days on 4 days off. It seems from this that you work a full days 5 days a week except on 2 days of a month when you work slightly reduced ours but effectively still a full day.

Do you work those Mon to Fri hours every week of the year except on the last Monday and first Tues of each month when you finish early (Mon) and have 3 hours off (Tues)?

[Milkman007]

Yes that is the pattern. If I were to take a days holiday on the last Monday of the month, I would be using a full days holiday but only normally working 8 hours normally but if I took a days holiday on the 3rd Monday I would benefit from having 13.5 hours off. Does that seem fair?
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[ULA]

Sorry one other question are you paid hourly or an annual salary?

[Milkman007]

Paid monthly, annual salary plus commission.

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[ULA]

If your contract bases your holiday entitlement calculation on days, then this is normal given that you are paid an annual salary and you work defined hours.

However, in order to answer your question, I have done a complex calculation to try and work out the minimum statutory holiday you would be entitled to on an hour’s basis as follows.

You work a total of 63 hours per week over a 52 week period = 3276 hours per year
Minus first Mon & last Tues each month hours of 7.5 x 12 = 90 = 3186 hours per year
3186 hours / 52 weeks gives average weekly hours = 61.26 rounded to 61 ½ hours
Gives a statutory entitlement of = 344.4 hours holiday

Given average weekly hours 61.5/5 days worked in a week = 12.3 hours on average per day
Hours holiday 344.4/12.3 hours per day = 28 days statutory entitlement

I appreciate that you get more than statutory minimum but you can use the above calculation method to work through your enhanced entitlement you receive.

Hope that helps.

[ULA]

If your contract bases your holiday entitlement calculation on days, then this is normal given that you are paid an annual salary and you work defined hours.

However, in order to answer your question, I have done a complex calculation to try and work out the minimum statutory holiday you would be entitled to on an hours basis as follows.

You work a total of 63 hours per week over a 52 week period = 3276 hours per year
Minus first Mon & last Tues each month hours of 7.5 x 12 = 90 = 3186 hours per year
3186 hours / 52 weeks gives average weekly hours = 61.26 rounded to 61 hours
Gives a statutory entitlement of = 344.4 hours holiday

Given average weekly hours 61.5/5 days worked in a week = 12.3 hours on average per day
Hours holiday 344.4/12.3 hours per day = 28 days statutory entitlement

I appreciate that you get more than statutory minimum but you can use the above calculation method to work through your enhanced entitlement you receive.

Hope that helps.

[Milkman007]

If your contract bases your holiday entitlement calculation on days, then this is normal given that you are paid an annual salary and you work defined hours.

However, in order to answer your question, I have done a complex calculation to try and work out the minimum statutory holiday you would be entitled to on an hours basis as follows.

You work a total of 63 hours per week over a 52 week period = 3276 hours per year
Minus first Mon & last Tues each month hours of 7.5 x 12 = 90 = 3186 hours per year
3186 hours / 52 weeks gives average weekly hours = 61.26 rounded to 61 hours
Gives a statutory entitlement of = 344.4 hours holiday

Given average weekly hours 61.5/5 days worked in a week = 12.3 hours on average per day
Hours holiday 344.4/12.3 hours per day = 28 days statutory entitlement

I appreciate that you get more than statutory minimum but you can use the above calculation method to work through your enhanced entitlement you receive.

Hope that helps.

Ok, many thanks.