New Statutory Holiday Pay Entitlements - Acas publishes updated guidance

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11 October 2007

Acas has updated its advice leaflet Holidays and holiday pay and it now includes practical advice for employers on how to apply the increase in statutory entitlement that applies from 1 October 2007. For example,

the need to advise all affected workers of their new entitlements (note that this does not apply to workers whose entitlement is already 4.8 weeks or more)
how to calculate holiday entitlements for workers who only work during term time
how to calculate entitlements for holiday years that start before 1 October 2007
handling part-day entitlements by
- taking the part-day off a day's shift, e.g. by allowing the worker to leave early or come in late
- rounding the time up to the nearest full day (but not down)
- paying the worker for the part-day owed
- allowing the part day to be carried over to the next leave year
- paying in lieu of some or all of the additional days or part days introduced from 1 October 2007 (only permitted until 1 April 2009).