Working Christmas Day - pay

WildRosie

I'll be working Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day this year. I get double pay for working Sundays and public holidays. Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, am I entitled to an extra days pay/annual leave etc or does the double pay I will get anyway for working a Sunday cover it?

firestarter51

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment_rights_and_conditions/leave_and_holidays/public_holidays_in_ireland.html



google is your friend, quicker than starting a thread normally

Hollister11

What job would entail you to be working on Christmas Day ???

firestarter51

Hollister11 wrote: »

What job would entail you to be working on Christmas Day ???

loads of people work christmas day, hotels etc
don't be nosey

WildRosie

I looked at that already and can't see the answer to my question there, can you point it out? I'm already getting an extra days pay for working on a Sunday, I'm asking if because it is both a Sunday and a public holiday am I entitled to triple pay or double pay plus an extra days leave. I have a feeling not since double pay on a Sunday is not a legal requirement.

Hollister11

firestarter51 wrote: »

loads of people work christmas day, hotels etc
don't be nosey

Jesus, I'm entitled to ask a question.

firestarter51

WildRosie wrote: »

I looked at that already and can't see the answer to my question there, can you point it out? I'm already getting an extra days pay for working on a Sunday, I'm asking if because it is both a Sunday and a public holiday am I entitled to triple pay or double pay plus an extra days leave. I have a feeling not since double pay on a Sunday is not a legal requirement.

my experience is you get double pay and a day off to take at a later date
some employers will give you the option of 3 x daily pay rate, i took this option before several times

WildRosie

Hollister11 wrote: »

What job would entail you to be working on Christmas Day ???

Em, lots of jobs, doctors, nurses, guards, ESB crews, paramedics, hotel staff, fire fighters among many others. Why do you ask?

firestarter51

Hollister11 wrote: »

Jesus, I'm entitled to ask a question.

why does the op's job have any relevance

Hollister11

WildRosie wrote: »

Em, lots of jobs, doctors, nurses, guards, ESB crews, paramedics, hotel staff, fire fighters among many others. Why do you ask?

Because personally I would politely decline to work Christmas Day. Employer wouldn't have an option.

firestarter51

WildRosie wrote: »

Em, lots of jobs, doctors, nurses, guards, ESB crews, paramedics, hotel staff, fire fighters among many others. Why do you ask?

exactly my point
loads of people work xmas and i for one used to put my name up for it when i was younger

nosey feckers asking pointless questions

WildRosie

firestarter51 wrote: »

my experience is you get double pay and a day off to take at a later date
some employers will give you the option of 3 x daily pay rate, i took this option before several times

Ok thanks, I think they'll probably offer one of these alright, but not sure if I'm 'entitled' to it. Hopefully they'll offer triple pay

firestarter51

WildRosie wrote: »

Ok thanks, I think they'll probably offer one of these alright, but not sure if I'm 'entitled' to it. Hopefully they'll offer triple pay

as far as i know you are entitled to the bank holiday back as a day in leu or whatever its called and double pay for the time worked
ask about the 3 x days pay option which is up to the employer obviously

The Cool

Hollister11 wrote: »

Because personally I would politely decline to work Christmas Day. Employer wouldn't have an option.

If you're one of those professions - I know my friends who are nurses, they have to take turns and do their dues, they might be doing Christmas Day one year and New Year's the next. It's only fair to the team you're working with, and part and parcel of the job.

firestarter51

Hollister11 wrote: »

Because personally I would politely decline to work Christmas Day. Employer wouldn't have an option.

wouldn't have an option ? if the job entails working christmas day and it needs covering and the op is happy to do so who cares about your opinion lol

davo10

Hollister11 wrote: »

Because personally I would politely decline to work Christmas Day. Employer wouldn't have an option.

You can politely decline but the employer most certainly does have a choice. Not all service providers close on Christmas Day.

Sleeper12

WildRosie wrote:

I looked at that already and can't see the answer to my question there, can you point it out? I'm already getting an extra days pay for working on a Sunday, I'm asking if because it is both a Sunday and a public holiday am I entitled to triple pay or double pay plus an extra days leave. I have a feeling not since double pay on a Sunday is not a legal requirement.

You are not entitled to triple pay. You get regular Sunday pay. As stated below you can have either a paid day off, an additional day of annual pay or an extra days pay.
This is what you are entitled to. There's nothing stopping your employer giving you more pay or more time off

Public holidays falling on a weekend
Where a public holiday falls on a weekend, you do not have any automatic legal entitlement to have the next working day off work. This will occur in 2015 when St Stephen's Day (26 December) will fall on a Saturday. This means that Monday 28 December 2015 is not a public holiday. Your employer can require you to attend work on those days. When this happens you are entitled to one of the following:

A paid day off within a month of the public holiday
An additional day of annual leave
An additional day's pay

firestarter51

Sleeper12 wrote: »

You are not entitled to triple pay. You get regular Sunday pay. As stated below you can have either a paid day off, an additional day of annual pay or an extra days pay.
This is what you are entitled to. There's nothing stopping your employer giving you more pay or more time off

Public holidays falling on a weekend
Where a public holiday falls on a weekend, you do not have any automatic legal entitlement to have the next working day off work. This will occur in 2015 when St Stephen's Day (26 December) will fall on a Saturday. This means that Monday 28 December 2015 is not a public holiday. Your employer can require you to attend work on those days. When this happens you are entitled to one of the following:

A paid day off within a month of the public holiday
An additional day of annual leave
An additional day's pay

ive taken the 3 x pay option from the nhs on several occasions, line manager sanctioned it as it was cheaper than getting agency to cover my day off
i didnt say anyone was entitled to it but worth asking all the same
depends on the workplace

Hazydays123

Your only entitlement is whatever your normal overtime rate for a bank hol is. I know that doctors who work in A&E on Christmas day are only paid their normal allowance of time + 1/6 for example.

Hopefully your employer is a bit more generous than the HSE.

Tipsy McSwagger

Hollister11 wrote: »

What job would entail you to be working on Christmas Day ???

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