Holidays
All employees, whether full time or part time are entitled to a minimum of 4 weeks
paid holiday per year. The entitlement is pro-rata for part-time employees. For
example if an employee works 3 days per week and takes 3 days holiday, that
will be equivalent to 1 week's holiday.
As an employer you may include in the 4 week period all or some of the annual
public and bank holidays. If you do so you should make this clear in the statement
of particulars which you give to your employee. However, care should be taken in
relation to the terms and conditions of existing staff. If you seek to vary their
existing terms in relation to holidays (or indeed any term), the change may give
rise to a claim by the employee of constructive dismissal. It is recommended
you seek legal advice before taking such steps.