question about paid holidays

[lost21]

Can my employer deduct a days holiday from all staff for no reason at all

example...

2007 = 20 holidays for all staff

2008 = 22 holidays for all staff

2009 = 22 as far as i was aware up until the email came out today stating i and all staff only have 21.

is this allowed.

[Crusoe]

should say in your contract what holidays you get, if they change the contract terms you have to agree to it.

[Thats how I roll]

Are you full time or part time? Part time holidays can be a pain to work out, especially depending on what working hours/arragnements you do. Problem is there are several ways of calculating part-time entitlements, so different calculations can lead to differences of 1 or 2 days in the answer.

[MrV]

Minimum entitlement to those in full time employment is 28 days less bank holidays,so if you have a really tight employer 20 days,looks like yours have tightened their holidays but are still within the law.

[NDA]

Crusoe said:

should say in your contract what holidays you get, if they change the contract terms you have to agree to it.

This is it.

I used to give additional days over Christmas and, depending on when Christmas actually fell, people would get much more holiday than other years.

However your contract is the place to look.

[bonsai]

Like the above said, 22 is better than some get, I would doubt what he's doing is illegal - does your contract say anything about accruing extra days upon a certain amount of service? My employer is tight and give 20 days for the first five years.

[groucho]

Paid days off; must be nice.

[B17NNS]

groucho said:

Paid days off; must be nice.

Just thinking that.

[HRG.]

B17NNS said:

groucho said:

Paid days off; must be nice.

Just thinking that.

I'm taking 2.5 days off this year... Sure, I don't exactly work hard but it'll be nice to go and have a long weekend on the beach

[isrplc]

groucho said:

Paid days off; must be nice.

its normal

[oldbanger]

MrV said:

Minimum entitlement to those in full time employment is 28 days less bank holidays,so if you have a really tight employer 20 days,looks like yours have tightened their holidays but are still within the law.

And the entitlement to bank holidays off has only been included in your total minimum allowance since this year - before that, bank holidays were an optional extra and couldn't be counted as part of your total allowance by the employer.

Edited for wierd phrasing

Edited by oldbanger on Saturday 8th August 09:32