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holiday pay deducted from salary...

galway donegal 1 · 2014-02-07 10:43:33

My former employers deducted holiday pay from my final pay packet. Their holiday year runs from 1 April each year. I finished work with them on 17 January 2014 & at the time of finishing I had used my full leave entitlement of 20 days. Are they legally allowed to do this? I had heard that once a certain amount of time had…

07-02-2014 10:43am

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galway donegal 1

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My former employers deducted holiday pay from my final pay packet.

Their holiday year runs from 1 April each year. I finished work with them on 17 January 2014 & at the time of finishing I had used my full leave entitlement of 20 days.

Are they legally allowed to do this? I had heard that once a certain amount of time had passed, they couldn't claw back the holiday pay.

You might advise?

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#2 07-02-2014 11:51am

Citizenpain

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Yes - It's common practice.

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#3 07-02-2014 1:45pm

JohnnieA

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And it works both ways... Had you for example taken only 10 days, you'd have been paid for the (approximately 6) days that you haven't used.

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