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It's standard. Actually pretty good here. It's meant to grow too, in most cases. Does UK PTO get bigger the more you work?
by leif 16y ago
It's standard. Actually pretty good here. It's meant to grow too, in most cases. Does UK PTO get bigger the more you work?
- arnorhs 16y agoDon't know about UK, but in Iceland it's generally 22.5 days as well as a minimum, but with each year you work for an employer it increases. But it also depends on which union you're a part of etc.
- semanticist 16y agoIncluding bank/public holidays the legal minimum for a full-time employee in the UK is 5.6 weeks, or 28 days. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7740249.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7740249.stm) I have 29.5 days in total, with some of those being compulsory because the office is closed. Some are confusingly called 'compulsory discretionary' holidays due to the hilarious management I have. My employer adds an extra half a day each year you stay with the company, plus another half a day if you meet sickness attendance targets.
- v21 16y agoYeah, I think I get an extra half day a year. I forget, though, because I haven't been here a year, and we just got bought out and had all this stuff reshuffled.
- semanticist 16y agoThere's no legal requirement for your holiday entitlement to increase each year - it just needs to be at least the minimum number of days. In my experience, different companies handle it in different ways - one company I was with increased it by five days, but on your fifth anniversary with the company. I've also heard of companies giving one-off extra holidays for long service or other achievements. If you're employed directly by a large company, your holiday situation is usually pretty good in the UK. If you're employed through an agency or you're a temporary worker, then it's usually pretty dire (compared to the UK norm - probably still quite good compared to the US).