Zero Hour Contract & Holiday Entitlement

[Owensy1405]

Long story short, having spent the majority of my working life in the transport and construction plant hire industry I was made redundant just before lockdown, unrelated to Covid-19.
I quickly found a job in an unrelated industry helping the nations efforts in the battle against the virus, however the job is only temporary and is a zero hours contract (although I have been getting between 48-60hrs work every week since I started), but it is working from home and is pretty easy, although a little dull, it has meant I have been able to keep topping up the coffers and have been able to keep my self and my family safe by being home.

Anyway, I got the unexpected news yesterday that the company I'm working for are going to have substantially reduce the amount of people doing the job by 21st August, therefor from 22nd August I'm on 12 weeks of zero hours. After 12 weeks they may have to serve me my notice if their is no requirement for me to continue to be employed.

So my question, as a temp. zero hours worker, am I entitled to annual leave? and if so, I haven't taken any leave so will I be due holiday pay should I be finished? I've basically spent the past 3 months working at least 48hrs for them if that has any bearing...

Any help is greatly appreciated.

ps. I'm somewhat concerned about the current job market...

[sociopath]

Yes you are entitled to accrue holiday but it's based on hours worked. My wife has just got a new zero hours contract and it states in it how she accrues holiday (i think its about 7 minutes per day worked!)

Your contract should stipulate how yours is accrued in the same way

[TCX]

Yeah you're entitled to holiday pay,think mine was 1 day for ten worked,should be in your contract

[Kiribati268]

As above, you're entitled to it like any other job.

When I have done such work i've always been paid for what I would have accrued with the normal pay.

[enpointe]

TCX said:

Yeah you're entitled to holiday pay,think mine was 1 day for ten worked,should be in your contract

something like that, iirc equivalent to statutory minimum leave is one hour of holiday for every 9 and a bit hours worked / 11 and bit %

[Sir Bagalot]

If it isn't in your contract then it will be on the ACAS website.

One of my kids had a zero hours contract and was told no paid holidays. I found the necessary ACAS link and told them to message it to their boss.... manager forwarded to HR.... came back a couple of weeks later to confirm paid holiday