Part-time holiday leave

Gordon

Anyone know the [European] law that states a part-timers allowance for holiday leave?

I'm working 4 hours per day and classified as part time. I know that 25 days is the allowance for full time holiday leave here in Greece and I thought that the same was true for part-time. But I am not 100% sure.

Anyone know?

Oh, and what about the notice you should give your employer if you want to quit. Is this also different for part timers?

Thanks for any help.

(did a search and it broke..)

samo

According to the oasis website, its 8% of the hours worked....

http://www.oasis.gov.ie/employment/part_time_employment/employment_rights_of_part_time_workers.html

And you should get paid for bank holidays even if not rostered to work them.

stopper

Phone the Employment Rights Information Unit at the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment. They should be able to tell you.

The number is 01 631 3131.

Gordon

I'm in Greece which is why I was curious about the European law. Should have mentioned more about that.

However, samo, my understanding isn't great when it comes to this kind of stuff but if I understand correctly:

If I work 4 hours per day - 5 days a week. 52 weeks a year that means I am entitled to 83.2 hours. Does that mean that I am entitled to 20.8 days then? (in Ireland)

Beruthiel

Gordie
in Ireland you are entitled to the same amt. of days off afaik
there are a few part timers on the factory floor here, 4 hours a day - they get 21 days a year like everyone else, they get paid the same as they would if they were working, ie - 4 hrs. per day

samo

Well I've worked part time the last 3-4 years and it varies depending on what way your hours fall...in my last job I worked approx 1200 hours in a year and was therefore entitled to 96 hours holidays BUT as the shifts broke down as 2 evenings consisting of 5 hours a week and 1 weekend day 8 of hours, if I took the Saturday off then this was 8 hours gone where as midweek day would use up only 5 hours, so yeah as Beruthial says you would get a days pay whichever way you take the holiday but its definitly a percentage of the hours worked (Kinda works out to be nearly the same thing)

Also something to remember is (In Ireland) although it sounds logical alot of people dont realise it, if you do overtime then you should get 8% of the overtime hours worked as holiday as well thereby increasing your holiday entitlement!

Sorry didnt cop the fact you were in Greece when I first read the post.

Gordon

OK thanks a mill for the advice. I'm hoping that Greece being EU will be the same as Ireland in these respects.. Although pay is crap here the benefits are - 25 days leave (recently upped from 20) and 2 months total in additional bonuses including Xmas, Easter and Summer. Sounds good but I stress that pay is woeful here. Minumum wage is afaik 600 euro per month.

Thanks again