27th May 2006, 01:13 PM
Thanks for the replies - I have done a little digging on this one, and found this on the DTI website:
"Does the Government have any plans to ensure that employers do not include bank holidays as part of the 20 days statutory annual leave entitlement?
The Government proposed in its 2005 election manifesto that during its third term in office it would extend the entitlement to 4 weeks annual leave making it additional to time equivalent to bank holidays. As with the existing entitlement this would be on a pro-rata basis for those working part time. As a first step, the Government has taken an enabling power in the Work and Families Bill 2005. A full and extensive consultation with stakeholders, in line with better regulation principles, will be undertaken before any detailed changes are proposed in order to ensure proposals take full account of all the issues involved including the wide variety of flexible and non-standard working patterns that exist."
So the right to BHs in addition to the statutory 20 day holiday entitlement is a 2005 manifesto commitment and is an imminent change in the law.
With any luck, the IFA will have introduced it as a regulation at about the same time as it becomes the law anyway... does this seem a cynical move on the IFA's part to make it look as though they are improving our conditions of work[?] Or perhaps it is just co-incidence...
"Does the Government have any plans to ensure that employers do not include bank holidays as part of the 20 days statutory annual leave entitlement?
The Government proposed in its 2005 election manifesto that during its third term in office it would extend the entitlement to 4 weeks annual leave making it additional to time equivalent to bank holidays. As with the existing entitlement this would be on a pro-rata basis for those working part time. As a first step, the Government has taken an enabling power in the Work and Families Bill 2005. A full and extensive consultation with stakeholders, in line with better regulation principles, will be undertaken before any detailed changes are proposed in order to ensure proposals take full account of all the issues involved including the wide variety of flexible and non-standard working patterns that exist."
So the right to BHs in addition to the statutory 20 day holiday entitlement is a 2005 manifesto commitment and is an imminent change in the law.
With any luck, the IFA will have introduced it as a regulation at about the same time as it becomes the law anyway... does this seem a cynical move on the IFA's part to make it look as though they are improving our conditions of work[?] Or perhaps it is just co-incidence...