Work holidays

Stark

Currently doing a year long contract from last June to end of next May for a company. Basically I've carried 16 days over from last year, and I've 23 days for this year (yearly entitlement) even though I'm only here for another 4 and a half months. Can I use all these holidays or will the company take them back somehow when I leave half way through the year? Don't want to ask company's hr department because they'll probably just take "correct their mistake".

I'm obviously not going to do something stupid like "give me 6 weeks holidays please" but a couple of long weekends etc. would be nice.

Lafortezza

I'd say they'll give you 4 and a half months worth of this years 23 days, about 10 days maybe.
Last years days might be subject to company policy, I know my company doesn't allow you to carry over the previous years holidays.
Although you'll probably get money instead of holidays when you leave the company.

Emmo

How many of those days are company holidays?

23 days a year give you 1.91 / month

If you work 4.5 months multiplied by 1.91 a month that gives you 8.595 or 6 days holidays.

Add this to your 16 days carried and you have 22 days.

Take 2 weeks holidays and a couple of long weekends out of the leave you have already got (the 16 days) as you cannot carry them to another company and then use the days when you leave to get paid for them. Say if you have 10 days when you leave get paid for two weeks more as your between jobs / starting a new job and working a back pay period.

Emmo