Holiday pay

[Richie]

I've been working as a casual worker for a company for the past 2/3 years. When i first joined they told us they put away 8% of our totally earnings every year for holiday pay. I've been leaving it so it keeps building up (well i thought so anyway) but i was talking to one of the chefs today and he was saying they give holiday pay yearly but only if you request it, if you don't you don't get it - this i didn't know. He said they don't back date it. Surely this has to be illegal? I should receive what I earn from holiday pay yearly whether I request it or not. Are they able to do this?

[mrwoooooooo]

read your contract

[Richie]

read your contract

I'm not on a contract they basically call me up when they need people to work.

[sex]

you idiot omg you're suppose to request it every year or it essentially expires..... but im pretty sure the eu brought in a law recently that says even if you dont req it you still have to get the money. also its not 8% the law says you get 8 hours for every 100 worked

[scott]

It'll be in your contract but I know in mine we get a set amount of holiday pay every year, we need to take it before the end of the holiday year for us or it will restart and doesn't accrue from the previous years.

[IceNineKills]

if you're not on a contract they can do whatever they want. but when i was working in bars and retail, if holiday was never claimed then you cannot get it.

[wixard]

holiday pay is the absolute best

[Grimmauld]

why wouldnt you want the holiday pay, anyways

[Firehorse]

Pretty sure it's supposed to be the average pay you received for the past 13 weeks or something along those lines. Holiday entitlement can't be carried over to the next year, or you'd get people just constantly doing so, potentially putting a heavy financial strain on their employer. It's only fair really.

Would be nice if holiday entitlement was done by financial year rather than calendar year though.

[Samantha]

I got a transfer from one shop to another, i haven't received a wage from the new store due to someone at the old store not sending my contract off. On Friday just gone I received £84.69 in my bank which I then later found to be holiday pay yet i dod not request it and I dont even work there anymore, is that possible? My contract was 16 hours over 2 days or 16 over 4 days hence how much I got paid. Richie I'd request it regardless of whether you need to ask, better to ask then just do it.