16th July 2007, 04:23 PM
Just had an email through from an employment mentoring service. They say the following:
The legal minimum annual holiday entitlement, currently four weeks, will increase to 4.8 weeks from 1st October 2007, the Government has confirmed. This will give employees who work 5 days a week a minimum annual holiday entitlement of 24 days.
A further increase, to 5.6 weeks or 28 days, has been deferred until April 2009.
Key Points
⢠Minimum annual holiday entitlement increases to 4.8 weeks for all workers from 1st October 2007;
⢠Increase is pro-rata for part time workers;
⢠Employees DO NOT have the right to take bank or public holidays off, unless their contract of employment says so;
⢠Employees can receive a payment in lieu for the additional 0.8 week (4 days') holiday. This concession will end in April 2009;
⢠Further increase to 5.6 weeks (28 days maximum) planned for April 2009.
What you need to do
⢠Check to see whether the new minimum annual holiday entitlement will affect any of your employees. Any employee with less than 4.8 weeks' annual holiday will be entitled to the new minimum from 1st October. Where this date is part way through the holiday year, the increase will initially be on a pro-rata basis;
⢠Ensure the Holiday Entitlement section in your Personnel Guidance System and Employee Handbook are updated to reflect the change;
⢠Issue a memorandum to all staff notifying them of the change.
The legal minimum annual holiday entitlement, currently four weeks, will increase to 4.8 weeks from 1st October 2007, the Government has confirmed. This will give employees who work 5 days a week a minimum annual holiday entitlement of 24 days.
A further increase, to 5.6 weeks or 28 days, has been deferred until April 2009.
Key Points
⢠Minimum annual holiday entitlement increases to 4.8 weeks for all workers from 1st October 2007;
⢠Increase is pro-rata for part time workers;
⢠Employees DO NOT have the right to take bank or public holidays off, unless their contract of employment says so;
⢠Employees can receive a payment in lieu for the additional 0.8 week (4 days') holiday. This concession will end in April 2009;
⢠Further increase to 5.6 weeks (28 days maximum) planned for April 2009.
What you need to do
⢠Check to see whether the new minimum annual holiday entitlement will affect any of your employees. Any employee with less than 4.8 weeks' annual holiday will be entitled to the new minimum from 1st October. Where this date is part way through the holiday year, the increase will initially be on a pro-rata basis;
⢠Ensure the Holiday Entitlement section in your Personnel Guidance System and Employee Handbook are updated to reflect the change;
⢠Issue a memorandum to all staff notifying them of the change.