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Hang on - paid holiday is a legal requirement. https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights This applies to peo

by DanBC 8y ago

Hang on - paid holiday is a legal requirement. https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights This applies to people on zero-hour contracts as well.

esotericn 8y ago
News to me! Perhaps I was ripped off. I've either done short-term stints or been salaried for over a decade now. Cheers for the link!
- OldFatCactus 8y ago
  Please edit your earlier post, it is misleading
theoh 8y ago
What does paid holiday mean, exactly, in a zero-hour contract? If there's no guaranteed minimum rate at which one is paid during any given period, it seems like there can be no way to assert that one is on "paid leave". I tried googling it and found this, which seems inconclusive: https://www.breathehr.com/blog/zero-hours-contracts-holiday-pay-and-entitlement https://www.breathehr.com/blog/zero-hours-contracts-holiday-...
- detaro 8y ago
  According to the gov.uk page above, it's based on the actual hours worked: if you've accumulated X hours since start of the calculation period, you get the appropriate amount of time allocated. Presumably they can just like normal employees request time off for a specific time, and get paid for their time during that? For people only having very few hours, it seems weird, but if someone gets scheduled a lot the right to block out time seems relevant.
- DanBC 8y ago
  > Irregular hours > People working irregular hours (like shift workers or term-time workers) are entitled to paid time off for every hour they work. They need to calculate their leave entitlement for irregular hours. That takes you to this calculator: https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement
  - theoh 8y ago
    Do you see the point I'm making, though? Edit: I'm not asking about the rate at which paid leave builds up, I'm asking about how the employee can ever be said to have used it up. Given that zero-hours contracts are a Bad Thing, I don't expect this to make any sense. If I have accrued 24 hours of paid leave, and potentially work 6hrs a day, typically one day a week, do I need to pre-emptively use all of those 24 hours just to take leave for a block of 4 weekdays? It seems like I might have to, in the face of an unscrupulous employer.
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by DanBC 8y ago

Hang on - paid holiday is a legal requirement. https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights This applies to people on zero-hour contracts as well.

esotericn 8y ago

News to me! Perhaps I was ripped off. I've either done short-term stints or been salaried for over a decade now. Cheers for the link!

OldFatCactus 8y ago
Please edit your earlier post, it is misleading

theoh 8y ago

What does paid holiday mean, exactly, in a zero-hour contract? If there's no guaranteed minimum rate at which one is paid during any given period, it seems like there can be no way to assert that one is on "paid leave". I tried googling it and found this, which seems inconclusive: https://www.breathehr.com/blog/zero-hours-contracts-holiday-pay-and-entitlement https://www.breathehr.com/blog/zero-hours-contracts-holiday-...

detaro 8y ago
According to the gov.uk page above, it's based on the actual hours worked: if you've accumulated X hours since start of the calculation period, you get the appropriate amount of time allocated. Presumably they can just like normal employees request time off for a specific time, and get paid for their time during that? For people only having very few hours, it seems weird, but if someone gets scheduled a lot the right to block out time seems relevant.
DanBC 8y ago
> Irregular hours > People working irregular hours (like shift workers or term-time workers) are entitled to paid time off for every hour they work. They need to calculate their leave entitlement for irregular hours. That takes you to this calculator: https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement
- theoh 8y ago
  Do you see the point I'm making, though? Edit: I'm not asking about the rate at which paid leave builds up, I'm asking about how the employee can ever be said to have used it up. Given that zero-hours contracts are a Bad Thing, I don't expect this to make any sense. If I have accrued 24 hours of paid leave, and potentially work 6hrs a day, typically one day a week, do I need to pre-emptively use all of those 24 hours just to take leave for a block of 4 weekdays? It seems like I might have to, in the face of an unscrupulous employer.
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