In the UK, the government regulations on employee's annual leave entitlement set out that:
- All employees are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks per year (including bank holidays). Part-time workers should be awarded this pro-rata.
- Part-time employees cannot be treated differently than full-time workers just because they work part-time. Therefore, part-time employees should receive proportionally the same amount of entitlement as full-time employees.
When a part-time employee requests a day off at your company, which one of the following applies:
We deduct a day regardless of the hours an employee works on that day.
Example
- A company has a standard FTE Working day of 8 hours.
- A part-time employee with an FTE of 0.500 works 4 days a week with the same hours each day.
- The following table shows how much time is deducted from their entitlement when they book each day off:
For more information about setting up absences like this, use the following links:
We deduct a different fraction of a day based on an employee's hours on that day.
Example
- A company has a standard FTE Working day of 8 hours.
- A part-time employee with an FTE of 0.500 works 5 days a week with different hours each day.
- The following table shows how much time is deducted from their entitlement when they book each day off:
For more information about setting up absences like this, use the following link:
We deduct the number of hours that an employee works on that day.
Deducting absences for part-time workers in hours ensures that they are receiving proportionally the same as a full-time employee. This is because their entitlement is adjusted pro-rata at the start of the year and when they book a certain number of hours, they are deducted from the total.
For more information about setting up absences like this, use the following link: