11th March 2008, 08:56 PM
Not sure what there is to clarify with the IFA.
On 14/9/2007
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/ne...toryid=206
the IFA post details of the changes to the stat holiday requirement on their web site
The web posting after the law changed, on 20/11/2007 clearly states: "20 days annual leave excluding statutory holidays".
I seem to remember raising this last year. (See
http://www.bajr.org/BAJRForum/topic.asp?...hichpage=1)
Therefore I would suggest that in fact what the IFA words mean is 20 days in addition to the 24 days employees are entitled to by law ie statutory holiday means holidays required by statue. So how many people are getting 9 weeks holiday a year?
Last years award equated to a 20% rise in real terms. The imposition of an extra 4 days leave this year and four days next year means there will be in effect a 24% in under two years. People should not forget just how much employers costs have been pushed in the last 2 years.
Precision in meaning is vital in contract law.
It is bad enough having this unilateral pay bargaining it is even worse when things like this happen.
I would also point out we are going from a boom in construction to a period of retraction and construction companies are asking sub contractors to reduce their invoices by 5%.
Peter
On 14/9/2007
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/ne...toryid=206
the IFA post details of the changes to the stat holiday requirement on their web site
The web posting after the law changed, on 20/11/2007 clearly states: "20 days annual leave excluding statutory holidays".
I seem to remember raising this last year. (See
http://www.bajr.org/BAJRForum/topic.asp?...hichpage=1)
Therefore I would suggest that in fact what the IFA words mean is 20 days in addition to the 24 days employees are entitled to by law ie statutory holiday means holidays required by statue. So how many people are getting 9 weeks holiday a year?
Last years award equated to a 20% rise in real terms. The imposition of an extra 4 days leave this year and four days next year means there will be in effect a 24% in under two years. People should not forget just how much employers costs have been pushed in the last 2 years.
Precision in meaning is vital in contract law.
It is bad enough having this unilateral pay bargaining it is even worse when things like this happen.
I would also point out we are going from a boom in construction to a period of retraction and construction companies are asking sub contractors to reduce their invoices by 5%.
Peter