Your Rights at Work

Annual Leave

Each leave year, an employee is entitled to a minimum period of 2 weeks paid annual leave (or a longer period if specified in employment contract) plus paid leave on Christmas Day, Good Friday and on all Public and Bank Holidays (or if the employee has been required by his employer to work, days off with pay instead of these, as stated in employment contract).

On termination of employment an employee shall be entitled to receive payment for that proportion of the paid holiday not already taken (or any greater sum stated in employment contract).

If the employee has taken more holiday than his/her service in the year allows at the time of termination then the employer is entitled to receive from the employee payment equal to the excess holiday taken (or any sum that is less and stated in a relevant agreement).

Payment of Wages

An employer must pay employees on normal working days at regular intervals of not more than one month except when another legal agreement has been made. On or before each pay date, an employee has the right to be given a written itemised pay statement.

Minimum Rest Periods

An employee is entitled to an inunterupted rest period of not less than 24 hours in each 7 day period.

If agreed this may be:

a) two uninterupted rest periods each of not less that 24 hours in each 14 day period, or

b) one uniterupted rest period of not less than 48 hours in each 14 day period.

If something unusual and unforseen happens Employers must provide for equivalent rest periods within 14 days of the end of the unforseen event.

For more details check out the JACS website