Work Entitlements

LegacyUser

I'm starting to think I'm being taken for a fool where I work. I work in a pub Sunday to Thursday. All public holidays are non existing to me. Bank Holiday Mondays are just a normal Monday. No extra pay, no extra day holiday.
Over the Christmas I worked Chrismas Eve, St. Stephens Day and will get nothing for it.
Also I get 12 days a year paid off but if I have sick day, thats taken from my holidays.

How does this sound to everyone?

the_syco

Very dodgy. You work a 5 day week. What does your contract say about all of this, or were you ever given one?

IsThatSo?

The annual leave sounds very low to me, but I guess it depends on the hours that you work, even still though 12 days sounds low.....................

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/leave-and-holidays/annual_leave_public_holidays

and here:

http://www.employmentrights.ie/en/media/annual_leave.pdf

which states:

Under the Act the minimum holiday entitlements for
employees was increased on a phased basis from the leave year
1997/98 to the leave year 1999/2000. The minimum holiday
entitlements for employees who work at least 1,365 hours per
year was increased from 3 weeks to 4 weeks with pro-rata
increases for other employees starting on April 1st 1999.

angrycommuter80

Annual Leave - You are entitled to a minimum of 20 days holidays per year( some companies give more) based on your contracted hours or hours worked per week. How many hours are you working per week?

Public Holidays

There are nine public holidays each year:

1. New Year’s Day
2. St. Patrick’s Day
3. Easter Monday
4. The first Monday in May
5. The first Monday in June
6. The first Monday in August
7. The last Monday in October
8. Christmas Day
9. St. Stephen’s Day

If the holiday falls on a day on which you normally work, you are entitled to either:

• A paid day off on the holiday
• A paid day off within a month
• An extra day’s pay
• An extra day’s annual leave

If the public holiday falls on a day on which you do not normally work, then you are entitled to one fifth of your normal weekly wage for that day.
If you are asked to work on the public holiday, then you are entitled to either;

• An additional day’s pay
• A paid day off within a month of the day
• An additional day of paid annual leave

Part-time employees qualify for public holiday entitlement provided they have worked at least 40 hours during the five weeks ending on the day before a public holiday.





In regards to sick leave an employer is not require to pay an employee for sick leave. However they cannot take this out of your annual leave day without discussing with you. You should have this sick day as an unpaid work day not a paid annual leave day.