anual leave

chrismrocky

Hi i work 40hr a week 5 days a week full time my employer only gives me 2 weeks off in the summer and 1 week at Christmas (1 week includes Christmas day and Steves day) am i entitled to more?

Zaph

Moved from Dispute Resolution

C3PO

Under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, you are entitled to a minimum of 4 weeks paid leave per year (assuming you work more than 1,365 hours - which you do!). This excludes Public Holidays.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/act/20/section/19/enacted/en/html#sec19

So yes, it would appear that you are entitled to an additional weeks leave. Do you never get any other days off throughout the year?

Free-2-Flow

You are entitled to 20 working days, plus 1 more after 5 years service.

Cakerbaker

Also if your week at Christmas includes the Christmas and Stephens Day bank holidays, it would only use 3 days of your 20 days annual leave, not 5 / a fullweek of leave.

toadfly

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

You are entitled to 20 working days, plus 1 more after 5 years service.

This isnt true.

20 days minimum annual leave and the 9 bank holidays. You are being underpaid OP.

myshirt

Op could be an independent contractor, or sorry *bunny ears* "an independent contractor".

Yes, being short changed here.

chrismrocky

toadfly wrote: »

This isnt true.

20 days minimum annual leave and the 9 bank holidays. You are being underpaid OP.

Under paid?

chrismrocky

toadfly wrote: »

This isnt true.

20 days minimum annual leave and the 9 bank holidays. You are being underpaid OP.

Being under psid?

toadfly

chrismrocky wrote: »

Being under psid?

Underpaid for holidays, you are entitled to 29 including bank hols and only getting 15. Maybe underpaid is the wrong word but you are being shafted.

Brian?

toadfly wrote: »

Underpaid for holidays, you are entitled to 29 including bank hols and only getting 15. Maybe underpaid is the wrong word but you are being shafted.

Underpaid is the wrong word. Robbed is the right one. Their employer is stealing their time off.

Brian?

chrismrocky wrote: »

Hi i work 40hr a week 5 days a week full time my employer only gives me 2 weeks off in the summer and 1 week at Christmas (1 week includes Christmas day and Steves day) am i entitled to more?

You are being robbed.

_Brian

Wonder is OP really in under some sort of dubious contract role.

Brian?

_Brian wrote: »

Wonder is OP really in under some sort of dubious contract role.

If they are, big if, then they are still being robbed. It may be legal robbery though.

chrismrocky

I work from January till july get 10 working days off and 1 in Christmas when am i entitled to another week off?

chrismrocky

_Brian wrote: »

Wonder is OP really in under some sort of dubious contract role.

Im not in a contract

ozbackineire

Why is your employer making you take leave in weekly blocks, can you not take a few days here and there if you need them?

davo2001

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

You are entitled to 20 working days, plus 1 more after 5 years service.

Can you point me in the direction of an offical statement for this 1 extra day after 5 years please?

chrismrocky

ozbackineire wrote: »

Why is your employer making you take leave in weekly blocks, can you not take a few days here and there is need them?

I do no its up to employer to decide when holidays are taking.

ozbackineire

chrismrocky wrote: »

I do no its up to employer to decide when holidays are taking.

that's rough. you are still being shortchanged no matter what way you look at it.

chrismrocky

ozbackineire wrote: »

that's rough. you are still being shortchanged no matter what way you look at it.

Everyone says im entitled to 20 days paid. Im only getting about 13 days a year. Im the only employe that have anything to do with it?

Brian?

chrismrocky wrote: »

Im not in a contract

You need to talk to citizens information:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/

Rules on holidays here:

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


You're being robbed of a week. If it's happening to you, it's happening to others.

amycgill

chrismrocky wrote: »

I work from January till july get 10 working days off and 1 in Christmas when am i entitled to another week off?

You are entitled to 20 days holidays, not including public and bank holidays. For Christmas time, if the business closes for the entire week, (Dec25th - 29th) you have to keep 3 days annual leave as there are two public holidays within that week. Therefore you have 17 days for the year to take at your discretion, providing the dates are suitable for your employer. Either way your employer has to give you these holiday days each year.

chrismrocky

amycgill wrote: »

You are entitled to 20 days holidays, not including public and bank holidays. For Christmas time, if the business closes for the entire week, (Dec25th - 29th) you have to keep 3 days annual leave as there are two public holidays within that week. Therefore you have 17 days for the year to take at your discretion, providing the dates are suitable for your employer. Either way your employer has to give you these holiday days each year.

Thank you. That clears it up. Next step is trying to get all my weeks

amycgill

chrismrocky wrote: »

Thank you. That clears it up. Next step is trying to get all my weeks

No worries, these should be backdated for however long you have been working there and have been shortchanged regarding annual leave. If you are having issues go to NERA

https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/

Redhighking

amycgill wrote: »

No worries, these should be backdated for however long you have been working there and have been shortchanged regarding annual leave. If you are having issues go to NERA

https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/

I would reach out to the Workplace Relations Commission - http://www.lrc.ie/en/

Balmed Out

chrismrocky wrote: »

I work from January till july get 10 working days off and 1 in Christmas when am i entitled to another week off?

I presume you mean you get 10 days off in July and return to work immediately after that. Its 20 days per year plus bank holidays. Not entitled to the bank holidays off, think they can offer a different day off, a day pay or an additional amount to your pay in lieu of it.

chrismrocky

Balmed Out wrote: »

I presume you mean you get 10 days off in July and return to work immediately after that. Its 20 days per year plus bank holidays. Not entitled to the bank holidays off, think they can offer a different day off, a day pay or an additional amount to your pay in lieu of it.

I get all my bank holidays off

toadfly

chrismrocky wrote: »

I get all my bank holidays off

Do you get paid for them?

chrismrocky

toadfly wrote: »

Do you get paid for them?

Yes no problem that way

Free-2-Flow

toadfly wrote:

20 days minimum annual leave and the 9 bank holidays. You are being underpaid OP.

That's exactly what I said, Other than the bank holidays which is quite obvious

Free-2-Flow

davo2001 wrote:

Can you point me in the direction of an offical statement for this 1 extra day after 5 years please?

That could possibly be a company thing but in my company this is the case, I also get 2 additional holidays per year for being a 1st Aider

Cloudio9

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

That could possibly be a company thing but in my company this is the case, I also get 2 additional holidays per year for being a 1st Aider

It is a company thing. No legal right to additional leave for length of service

Cloudio9

Redhighking wrote: »

I would reach out to the Workplace Relations Commission - http://www.lrc.ie/en/

No don't do that. First port of call is the employer to try and get them to resolve the situation. If they only have one employee it's possible they just don't know the rules.

How long are you there op?

Free-2-Flow

Cloudio9 wrote:

It is a company thing. No legal right to additional leave for length of service

Google "1 additional leave annual service after 5 years" you will come up with multiple sources

myshirt

myshirt wrote: »

Op could be an independent contractor, or sorry *bunny ears* "an independent contractor".

Yes, being short changed here.

If that was the case their employer would be themselves, that doesn't appear to be so from what they've mentioned in the OP.

bee06

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

Google "1 additional leave annual service after 5 years" you will come up with multiple sources

Looks to me like it's for Civil service only.

Free-2-Flow

bee06 wrote:

Looks to me like it's for Civil service only.

I work in the indurtrial sector, I'm not in the civil service, like I said, it must be a company thing, as in their discretion.

Oops69

I hope some teachers read this thread on their minimum 8 weeks holidays , so they know what other people are being shafted with... they might shut their faces about not been paid for yard time or changing the junior cert geography syllabus payment or whatever they can moan about next.

bee06

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

I work in the indurtrial sector, I'm not in the civil service, like I said, it must be a company thing, as in their discretion.

Yeah, as many other people have already pointed out extra days are at a company discretion. I get an extra day at 3 years, another at 5 years etc.

Cloudio9

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

Google "1 additional leave annual service after 5 years" you will come up with multiple sources

What are you on about? You seem to be contradicting yourself.

Free-2-Flow

Cloudio9 wrote:

What are you on about? You seem to be contradicting yourself.

Will you stop responding to me please, I've no idea what you're talking about, youre confusing everyone

davo10

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

Will you stop responding to me please, I've no idea what you're talking about, youre confusing everyone

I think you are confusing statutory and desretionary entitlements. Many companies may give additional days at their discretion, but they are not required to by law. You won't find multiple references to the legal requirement, there aren't any, you may find many references to private companies and public services which do give additional leave days due to collective agreements with employees and/or unions.

You seemed to state in an earlier post that there isi a statutory entitlement of one additional day after five years, due to all employees including the op. That is not correct.