Office Law?

Question

I have a couple of questions but they are related

I live in the UK

1)If I work full time in an office but go to university on fridays during term time (this is approxomately a bit under half of the fridays a year) - what is the legal amount of paid holiday my employers must give me ?

1)Is there a law to determine wether you should have some sick pay or is it up to the employer if they pay you ?

Thanx for your help people

I know that the standard amount of holiday is 20 days but because of uni - does this change

No fridays is not taken as holiday - I have to work fridays out of term time though

is there somewhere I could find out legal information about this to print off if I have a right to challenge my employer.

Answer 1

1 - Depends on your contract.
You will have a standard amount of days holiday (usually around 20 days). If you are required to take holiday for your Fridays then this will be deducted from your entitlement. If you aren't being paid for your Fridays then you should work out how much holiday you would accrue each day if you were working full time - then subtract that amount of time for each Friday you have off.

2 - You are entitled to SSP (Statutorty Sick Pay) - but that isn't much. Anything else is completely up to your employer.

Answer 2

The question must be asked, who pays for the schooling. At whose behest is the schooling and how many hours are done actually at work. Holidays are based on contractual time so if you work for a normal week of 35 hours you get 3 weeks of 35 hours. If 45 then 45 and so on. Overtime is not included nor time of for other reasons.
Therefore if whilst on holiday you were sick you can reclaim that holiday bit but may not get paid for it.
There are several things about sick pay and you must read your conditions of employment. Some give it but over a certain amount of time the state pays it.
Note it is an imprisonable offence not to give conditions of employment for most employers.
UPDATE:- Sounds like day release. If that is the case then your working week INCLUDES the scholar time and therefore should be added to any work added in the week. This also means that irrespective of the hours attending college, fulfilling the course means fulfilling the work contract. However, should it be necessary to do an evening class as well that does not and cannot be classed as overtime but MUST be completed to classify as completing the course time. Check with the CAB

Answer 3

Do you have a contract that you signed when you started working there? If so, try and find it - this should state what your holiday entitlement is.
But - also - if you are not on a contract and don't have contracted hours, then your wage or hourly rate of pay may already include 'holiday pay' which means that you are not entitled to any further paid holidays. Again, this is relevant to your question about sick pay - if you're not on a contract then no sick pay has to be paid.

Answer 4

If you work full time ie 40 hours a week, you should get 20 days paid holiday. If your work are sending you on the training course at uni then you should still be entitled to the 20 days assuming you go into work while uni is off.

Its employees discretion as to being paid for being off sick

Answer 5

20 days holiday per year if you are full time regardless of the university though they might class that as part of your holiday entitlement.
They are not obliged to pay you sick pay unless it's in your contract. All you are legally entitled to is statutory sick pay which your company will apply for, on your behalf, when you give them a sick note. It's approx £70 per week.
The Citizens Advice Bureau has all the information.

Answer 6

you are entitled to 20 days holiday a year and it is at the company's discretion if they pay you sick pay. hope this helps.

if you log on to ACAS website, there is phone number you can ring and they can tell you everything you need to know. it is a government site for employee/employer rights.

Answer 7

An employer is obligated to give you sick leave, but it is up to their discretion to give you sick pay.

Answer 8

Citizens Advice Bureau may be able to help you, try them.