Hi,
i work for five days a week and totally 36 hours. My off days are Wednesdays and Thursdays. so if i want to get annual leave for monday, tuesday and friday, will i be using 5 days of my annual leave or 3 days? do the days in between count?. My hr officer is away so i am asking you.
thanks very much in advance.
A question about Annual Leave
baldur on 10/04/2018 - 15:49
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Ask your hr officer
3 days as that's all you are using.
What did HR say when you asked them?
She is away also manager was sick too. So i just wanted to know how it works beforehand.
then you should be sick for 3 days, no need for annual leave
Wednesdays and Thursdays can be looked at as your "weekend". The only days counted towards annual leave are the ones where you would otherwise be at work.
You also won't get paid for Anzac Day :(
That's alright. Easter made me feel like rich :)
I worked on Easter Friday and Saturday, and didn't get anything :(
Also it is likely you will accrue and take annual leave in hours not days. This is only relevant if you work different duration each day.
Yeah i just adjusted it to days. I mean how i get it doesn't matter in what i want to figure.
Ring the Union
The credit union?
A full-timer works 1976 hours per year (38hr x 52weeks), and are entitled to 152 hours of annual leave per year (4weeks), so each hour you work, you are entitled to 0.076923hr of annual leave. For examples, if you have worked 1000hr this year, you should have accrued 76.9hrs of annual leave (it is usually printed on your payslip). If you take 3 days off, assuming you work 8 hrs per day, then HR will deduct 3 x 8hr=24hr off your accrued annual leave, so you are left with 76.9hr-24hr = 52.9hr of accrued annual leave.
I was told I'm gonna have 5 weeks because I'm working at the weekends. Is that true?
It depends on the industry award you are under, some State awards you are paid the weekend rates when you take your annual leave since you work two weekends per week (but it is pro-rata, ie you accrue some annual leave hours that are to be paid at weekend rates and it get a bit complicated to do the calculation, so your boss/HR might have given you 5 weeks instead of four as a compensation). But generally, under most federal awards, you are entitled to 4 weeks annual leave for 1976hrs of works, unless you/your unions have negotiated a special provision for you.
The 5 weeks the OP is referring to probably because they meet the definition of a shift worker under either the Fair Work Act, their award or registered agreement (unless they work for a sole trader or partnership on WA). The definition changes depending on which though if you are regularly rostered to work weekends and public holidays it is more likely than not. BTW it's the law, not some negotiated deal/ compensation / unicorn entitlement ;)
If your contracted 'weekend' days are Wed and Thu then those do NOT count towards annual leave. Only Mon, Tuesday and Friday would so that's 3 days annual leave including Wed and Thu. So you're working Sat and Sun as per normal.