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How much do you know about the changes to statutory holiday entitlement?

Are you fully up to speed with the forthcoming changes to statutory holiday entitlement coming into force on Monday 1 October? Take our quick quiz to find out. Compiled by Jo Stubbs.

1New regulation 13A in the Working Time Regulations 1998 introduces a right to an additional 1.6 weeks’ holiday. The new right is being implemented in two stages. When are they?




2Company A currently offers four weeks’ paid holiday plus eight paid bank holidays, but allows employees to carry over up to eight days’ holiday. Does this comply with the new requirements?




33. Martin works six days a week as a checkout operator, while Mary works five days a week in sales, and Matthew four days a week in a bar. Their current annual leave is limited to the four weeks’ statutory leave under regulation 13. How many days’ holiday will they receive in total when regulation 13A is fully implemented?




4Company A currently offers four weeks’ paid leave plus eight paid bank holidays. Can it offer pay in lieu of any of the total statutory entitlement under the new rules?




5Company A, which operates on a seven-day-a-week basis, has a holiday policy whereby employees currently receive the minimum four-week statutory holiday entitlement plus paid bank holidays where they fall on the days they work. Sharon works Wednesday to Friday. Will Company A have to rethink her entitlement if it is to be in compliance with new regulation 13A?




 
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