holiday pay should it be paid on an average of what you earn over the year?

Answer 1

Depends on your contract of employment. Generally it will be your hourly rate x minimum hours you work in a week, If you generally work 50 hours per week and anything after 38 hours is classed as overtime, your holiday pay will be for 38 hours.

Answer 2

Assuming you are in the UK, then the answer is no. Your holiday pay should be paid on the basis of average earnings in the previous qualifying 13 weeks and should take into account commission paid, benefits etc. That unfortunately is the law for you. If you want further information about your rights you can contact the dti or acas for help.

Answer 3

Ours is based on overtime. A single holiday for us is 8 hours. However holiday and vacation pay are calculated based on how much OT you normally work. So say for instance I haven't worked any overtime and Christmas rolls around, for the day or Christmas, I would be paid for 8 hours and have the day off. Meanwhile, if Sam had been working an extra 20 hours a week for the last few months, he would be paid 12 hours and have the day off.

Answer 4

It should be, company's are ripping employees off by giving them part time contracts but expecting them to work full time hours, and when holiday time comes they just pay them the hours in their contracts it stinks

Answer 5

It is paid at your basic pay rate, that's the law.

Answer 6

for me its dependent on how much i have been working within the past few weeks, which i think is fair enough, but if you truly want to be fair that works, but thena gain are you figuring in raises and COLA and such?

Answer 7

thats how most firms do it
average over a year

Answer 8

YES