I've left my job and haven't been paid for owed holiday

[Sarah44]

I've just left my job working for Primark and I'm so confused about holiday pay. Some people have said that by law they have to pay me for any holida I haven't took (28 days). I'm just wondering if they do have to pay me or if it's not law and maybe they just don't pay it? Any help would be appreciated

[judgemental24]

Re: I've left my job and haven't been paid for owed holiday

How long have you worked for primark?
How many contracted hours did you do a week

[matt3942]

Re: I've left my job and haven't been paid for owed holiday

Hi [MENTION=74428]Sarah44[/MENTION]

You will only be paid for holidays you have accrued but not used.

When you respond to the above post we will be able to advise you how many holidays you would have accrued. You will then need to deduct the number of holidays you have used.

- Matt

[Sarah44]

Re: I've left my job and haven't been paid for owed holiday

I've worked there since November the 4th last year, doing 20 hours a week 2-6 Monday to Friday and on my holiday balance it said 28 days

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Okay thanks, and the new holiday year started in September so I didn't use any of my holiday

[mariefab]

Re: I've left my job and haven't been paid for owed holiday

You can use the calculator below to work out exactly how many days they must pay you for.

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement

[matt3942]

Re: I've left my job and haven't been paid for owed holiday

If the annual leave years starts in September and you started in November, I've calculated you would have been entitled to 23 days, which is based on an entitlement of 28 days' leave per year. However, as a new leave year has started you will have lost most of those.

Your employer should have ensured you used your annual leave entitlement. Is there a reason why you didn't use your annual leave entitlement?

You will need to find out how many annual leave days your employer allows you to carry over into the next leave year (typically a maximum of 8 based on an annual leave entitlement of 28 days), and add that to your annual leave entitlement for this year, which I've worked out to be 4.5 days.

- Matt