The festive season is fast approaching and to assist you we have set out below a ‘typical’ scenario regarding leave for employees on ECCE term time contact and full time staff for the holiday period during Christmas 2016/January 2017.
- Scenario 1 - Employee on ECCE term time contract
ABC Creche will be closing for Christmas on Wednesday 21st December that is the last working day and they will not re-open until Monday 9th January 2017. Typically this employee’s leave is calculated at 8% of the total hours worked in the period September to June each year.
| 22nd December - Thursday | 23rd December – Friday | 24th December – Saturday/Christmas Eve | 25th December – Sunday/Christmas Day [Public Holiday] |
| Annual Leave | Annual Leave | As PH is on a Sunday another day can be given in lieu | |
| 26th December- Monday/St Stephen’s Day [Public Holiday] | 27th December – Tuesday | 28th December- Wednesday | 29th December – Thursday |
| Public Holiday | Give in lieu of PH on Sunday 25.12.16 | Annual Leave | Annual Leave |
| 30th December – Friday | 31st December - Saturday | 1st January – Sunday/ New Year’s Day [Public Holiday] | 2nd January - Monday |
| Annual Leave | As PH is on a Sunday another day may be given in lieu | Give in lieu of PH on Sunday 1.1.17 | |
| 3rd January Tuesday | 4th January Wednesday | 5th January Thursday | 6th January Friday |
| Annual Leave | Annual Leave | Annual Leave | Annual leave |
| 7th January Saturday | 8th January Sunday | 9th January Monday | |
| Return to Work |
In this example there are 9 days to be recorded as annual leave taken this can be recorded as hours [if using annual hours calculation] for example if the employee works 3 or 3.5 hours a day then that would equate to 27 or 31.5 hours annual leave.
There are 3 Public Holidays to be paid for please note that if you do not recognise the Tuesday in lieu of Christmas Day and the Monday for New Year’s Day then the employee is entitled to other arrangement for these two days. This is a legislative entitlement. The employee should be paid for these days and they should be recorded as PH.
If you have an employee who does not work five days a week and the Public Holiday or the alternative Public Holiday falls on a day that they would not normally work they are entitled to one fifth of a working week pay for the Public Holiday.
2. Scenario – Employee working full time
ABC Creche will close on Friday 23rd December at the usual closing time. If an employee wishes to, they may apply for a leave day. Your annual leave policy will apply in terms of how you manage your annual leave applications for example first person to have applied or seniority or rotation if someone had leave last year they may not be granted leave this year. A full time employee will have an entitlement of 20 days [four of their working weeks]
| 24th December – Saturday/Christmas Eve | 25th December – Sunday/Christmas Day [Public Holiday] | 26th December- Monday/St Stephen’s Day [Public Holiday] | 27th December – Tuesday |
| As PH is on a Sunday another day can be given in lieu | Public Holiday | Give in Lieu pf PH Sunday 25th December | |
| 28th December- Wednesday | 29th December – Thursday | 30th December – Friday | 31st December - Saturday |
| Annual Leave | Annual Leave | Annual Leave | |
| 1st January – Sunday/ New Year’s Day [Public Holiday] | 2nd January - Monday | 3rd January Tuesday | 4th January Wednesday |
| As PH is on a Sunday another day may be given in lieu | Give in lieu of PH on Sunday 1.1.17 | Annual Leave | Annual Leave |
| 5th January Thursday | 6th January Friday | 7th January Saturday | 8th January Sunday |
| Annual Leave | Annual Leave | ||
| 9th January Monday | |||
| Return to Work |
In this example there are 7 days to be recorded as annual leave
There are 3 Public Holidays to be paid for please note that if you do not recognise the Tuesday for Christmas Day and the Monday for New Year’s Day then the employee is entitled to other arrangement for these two days. The employee should be paid for these days and they should be recorded as PH.
If you have an employee who does not work five days a week and the Public Holiday or the alternative Public Holiday falls on a day that they would not normally work they are entitled to one fifth of a working week pay for the Public Holiday.
