Holiday Administration

Latest legislation states that all employees are entitled to a minimum of 4.8 weeks paid holiday. The minimum entitlement is set to increase in two phases - to 4.8 weeks (24 days) from 1 October 2007 and to 5.6 weeks (28 days) from 1 April 2009. This can include bank holidays. Part timers are paid pro-rata. Casual workers are paid pro-rata based on the average pay for the last 12 weeks worked.

Costs
We charge a minimum of £5.00 to run the scheme for up to 10 employees then 50p per employee thereafter which includes:-

Monthly holiday management reports Summary and detailed input data.
Changes and updating the holiday data file with days taken during the pay period.
Holiday details shown on the wage slips Pro-rata calculations for the holiday year.
Accrued holiday entitlement for the year, days taken and day remain are shown on our demonstration payslip.

If you were previously paying 4 weeks including bank holidays, then your calculations for last year should be increased.

If your holiday year starts from April, then for the 2007-08 tax year, you need to pay 4.4 weeks (6 months @ 2 weeks + 6 months @ 2.4 weeks).

If your holiday year starts from January, then for the 2008 tax year, you need to pay 4.8 weeks. For the 2007 tax year, you need to pay 4.2 weeks (9 months @ 2 weeks + 3 months @ 2.4 weeks).

http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/holidays/

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This page was last updated 06/04/2008