Bank holiday payment

vector

This monday was a bank holiday, and so the office I work in "part time" was closed.

But am I entitled to be paid for the day anyway?

I read this
http://www.oasis.gov.ie/employment/holidays_and_leave/annual_leave_public_holidays.html

"Most employees are entitled to have paid leave on public holidays."

AARRRGH

You should get paid for it if you were supposed to be working that day.

Were you supposed to be working yesterday?

vector

Well I work every weekday 9-5, its just that the actual place was closed on the bank holiday.

AARRRGH

Yes, then you should be paid for it.

leeroybrown

Once you've clocked up your 40 hours in total in the previous 5 weeks then you're entitled to the day off. You've obviously done this so you qualify.

onedmc

The lay clearly states the following.

If you normally work on a monday then you should be paid a full days wage for the monday. If you do not normally work on the monday bank holiday then you should be paid 1/5 (20%) of your average weekly salary.

Your average weekly salary is defined as the averager weekly pay over the last 14 weeks.

Less clear is the following
1) If you have been working less than 14 weeks not so clear if you should get the 1/5. but a good employer should have made this clear when you started work.
2) Does the weekly salary include overtime, well in fact it should, but very few pay it.

onedmc

arctic lemur

leeroybrown wrote:

Once you've clocked up your 40 hours in total in the previous 5 weeks then you're entitled to the day off. You've obviously done this so you qualify.

I totally agree, this is the position in legislation for definate!!!

vector

Moving along a bit...

Who is to say whether someone is "full time" or "part time"

We all know the examplars 9-5 every day and a few hours a week

But to be technical who/what is the authrity that rules either way, and what implications do the designations have?