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How The New Employee Holiday Entitlement Laws Will Affect You

I've heard a lot of misconceptions aboutindustries. Basically, the change to
what the new UK employee holidayminimum holiday entitlement means that
entitlement laws will involve, so here Ianyone who is currently failing to get
shall do my best to explain who isthe bare minimum of 24 days off
affected, and what the changes to the(including bank holidays) will be given
law mean for businesses in the Unitedfour more to play with by law, while
Kingdom.those who already get 24 or more will
Firstly, before you (or your employees)see no change to their holiday
go out and start celebrating, it shouldentitlement, in all likelihood. But
be pointed out that the laws, whichthose who are expected to work bank
increase the number of paid statutoryholidays in those industries do have
holidays employees are entitled to fromextra holiday to look forward to: their
20 to 24, are unlikely to be of muchemployers will have to provide 24 days
benefit to the vast majority of businessholiday, rising to 28 in 2009. Having to
workers. This is because the changes togive each employee this extra time is
the holiday entitlement law are mainlygoing to affect retail, hospitality and
to tie up the loop hole that someservice industries a great deal and they
employers were using which meant thatmay find themselves needing to hire
the United Kingdom's 8 annual publicextra members of staff to supply backup
holidays could come out of employee'sfor when the existing workers take out
paid holiday allowance. In 2009, thetheir allocated holiday time.
number is due to increase to 28 days toI've heard a lot of the United Kingdom's
allow the standard 20 days minimumworkers are getting very excited about
holiday entitlement in addition to the 8the changes to the employee holiday
public holidays for all workers in theentitlement law, because of the commonly
United Kingdom.accepted urban myth that workers are
So the good news for employers is that,guaranteed public holidays on top of
unless you've been scrimping on paidtheir 20 day statutory paid holiday
holiday entitlement anyway, you won'tallowance. The truth is that there is
need to change the way your businessnothing in the law about this, and
operates. So who will it affect? Wellemployers who previously did give their
according to the Employment relationsworkers additional bank holiday
minister, Pat McFadden, around sixentitlement were either doing it as an
million workers in the United Kindom.act of good will, or were unaware that
But where are they all?the law would have protected them until
Well, the majority of the Unitedthe 1st October. It really is great news
Kingdom's work force who are affectedfor those estimated six million workers
are likely to be found in sectors thatwho currently don't get very much
are required to work bank holidays,holiday, but the majority of the country
namely hospitality, retail and serviceis, sadly for them, unaffected.



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