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30 + bank holidays
Plus an extra day on top for every 4 years of service and the ability to buy up to five more.
42 days ... xmas/ny, easter and may day come off that and are fixed
there was a poll to staff recently, easter and may day might not be fixed in future
I thought this was going to be about Germans stealing sunbeds at the hotel pool
"people who have to work it to provide cover complain they don’t get a break."
Not me. I worked 25th, 26th, 27th and 30th, 31st DEc, finishing 1am on the first. Also worked 2nd Jan. No point working for a 24/7 servce then complaining you need to work out of hours. All balanced by the fact I can get loads of time off in the summer when outdoor activities are more pleasant.
I think every full time, permanent employee has to be given 5.6 weeks by UK law don't they? It's pro-rata for PT staff.
I get the minimum, plus 1, plus 2-3days for site shutdown at Christmas and 8days BH. I also have the option of working a 4 days week, but never seem to find the time (Daffy - at work (but not working right now) on a non-work Friday). We have the option to sell 5, carry 5 and take non-paid sabbaticals for up to 1 year.
Started to pay monthly into a good private pension when I was 20, combined it with work pensions.
Took early very retirement last year and life is good.
12 years left to enjoy before state pension kicks in.
So, like Drac I also get 365 days holiday a year and no Sunday evening, here comes another Monday dread feeling any more.
25 plus bank holiday. If I'm on standby for the bank holiday, I get a day off in lieu whether I'm called out or not.
No forced dates for taking leave but there's only two of us qualified to do what we do so no time off when there's a big planned job.
However, there's only 5 days sick leave per year so most people tend to keep some leave in their back pocket just in case. That always leads to a scramble to use it all up by the end of the year which is our busiest time.
Good question! I need to check as I just changed my week from 5 days to 4.
It was something like: 25 days + 2 extra days for duration of service + 5 extra days I 'buy' + 1 day for 'charitable works' + public holidays
Now I expect it'll be something like: 20 + 2 + 5 + '1' + 8. TBC.
Holiday year runs from January. Maximum carry over 5 days to be used by April.
The January start for the holiday year caused some occasional planning confusion with my SO as their's ran from April. Not a problem now they've retired 😐
33 days + bank holidays + week for Christmas. I can take unpaid leave and due to long service can have a bonus 6 months unpaid "career break". Taking 3 months off this year to go and hang out in Spanish mountains. I used to have 6 months off every year so feel a bit short of holidays still.
Officially 32 days + 8 BH + 3 days in lieu of the old civil service Tuesday BH. In practice, because I now predominantly work a 4 day week, on call and 24/7 cover and both job plan and leave are now calculated in 4 hour blocks, I get 322 hours + the 8 BH. It works out as around 31 days or 7.75 weeks plus the BH,
It's not quite as complicated as the summary suggests.
My bit of the NHS, started with 27 days plus the Bank Holidays, after 5 years of service that goes up to 29+BH, after 10 years service 32+BH. I'm on 29+Bank Hols at the moment despite having been here 14 years: Fortunately or unfortunately, I was a contractor for the first 5 and for other admin reasons they wouldn't put me through as 'time served'.
I have none left for this financial year...
@prettygreenparrot - I also switched from 5 days a week to 4 last year.
The way my leave has been calculated is to pro-rata the whole lot - i.e. 80% of 34 (25 annual + 1 long service + 8 bank hols) = 27.
If I want to purchase leave I can only purchase 80% of what FTEs can - i.e. 4 days not 5. but obviously that still gives me a full week essentially.
I actually managed to balls up my own leave calculations by counting some of the days off by mistake and ended up unintentionally not booking as much as I could. On the plus side, the leave system worked this out for me so I had 5 days to carry over to this year.
20 + bh up until last year when I campaigned to get the three of us in our office on the old entitlement updated to the same as there test of the organisation on 25 + bh.
Currently working as an agency driver so it's calculated pro-rata on how much work I get! Works out at maximum 28 days a year plus I don't generally work bank holidays so it's generous, add in that I can book time off with a week's notice and it's one of the few perks of being with an agency.
My last full-time job was 25 days but no bank holiday working, 3 days had to be sued for the shutdown between Christmas and New Year. People forget that you are only entitled to x amount of days, not that you can choose when they happen. Most employers will have either a mix or all by request but they can legally allocate it all for you. Ask any factory worker where there is planned shutdowns etc.
The best I've ever had though was my job pre-Covid. 28 days by request with Lieu days earned for working a Bank Holiday. I dropped to a 4 day week a few years in and thought I'd lose 20% of my allowance but only lost 10%, actually a net gain. My boss used to allow me to book the odd day or two off at short notice (meant to be a minimum of 6 week's notice) as I would do a lot of favours for him working crappy shifts and covering emergency jobs, to the point that I could pretty much dictate my roster to him. It got so good that if any of my mates were going biking midweek I could pretty much guarantee I could too with a quick call to my boss and shifting things around, amazing when the roster was posted 4 weeks in advance and for almost everyone else was fixed. It meant I didn't 'waste' holiday entitlement on small trips and as we weren't allowed to carry over holiday from one year to the next and the holiday year ran Jan 1st to Dec 31st so I would usually end up with 'enforced' holiday time in the run-up to Christmas. Never had it so good and probably never will again.
so you get 20 plus bank holidays, but xmas shut down takes some of those days, that's crap
I get 30 (5 long service) and a birthday I;ve rolled over 5 days since I started and now buying 5 days
so 36 with option to use 5 spares ill more than likely roll over..
Private sector, 25 0r 26 (can't remember), plus birthday plus BH. 1 extra day after each 5 years of service up to a max of 28. Wife works in hospitality and gets 36 inc BHs.
Teacher so plenty of holiday 🙂
13 weeks + the occasional BH.
I also get a work life balance day, and as a school we normally we have 2 or 3 occasional (non-pupil/non-working) days per year that are 'paid' for through twilight training sessions.
So about 70 days.
36 days leave
8 Bank Holidays
2 days Flexi in every 4 weeks period
So 70 days in total pet year, plus and sick leave which is there for using (union rep tells that people have fought hard for paid sick leave so you better use it!)
Ours is ridiculous at 315 hours + BH. (37.5 hour week) although about 80 of it is ‘earnt’ through attendance.
We only work a half day Friday too so you can double up and not have to work many Fridays at all.
Nine weeks. Now that is a big birthday!
Countered by the fact I'll probably work in some way or another until I'm 70, but I'd rather take time off now & use it while I'm fit, healthy & able to get travel insurance. Holiday allowance is 16 + bank holidays + 4 long service + 4 extra in lieu of pay rise + birthday + 52 on account of me only working 4 days a week, but like some above I'm mandated to take 5 days over Xmas/new year - construction industry & almost everyone does the same, I actually really like it & have never worked at that time of year.
Must admit I do enjoy the break between Christmas and new year, but loosing holidays for the rest of the year over it takes the edge off.
We were given choice of returning on 2nd or 6th, majority chose the latter.
I see the minimum wage is rising again this year. I'll be as good as on it then, time for a chat I think.
29 + bank holidays + a day that can be taken in weeks around your birthday and usually qn extra day over christmas.