All nannies are entitled to holiday pay.
Holiday entitlement begins from the first day of employment but cannot be taken until it has been accrued (e.g. one day's holiday after 13 day's work)
Part time employees are entitled to 4.8 weeks of the hours they work.
Employers can request that you take some of your holiday when they take their own annual leave. This should be agreed upon at the begining of the employment along with how much notice you will need to give your employer when requesting holiday leave.
Listed below is the number of days holiday a nanny will be entitled to per year based upon the number of days they work each year.
5 days get 4.8 days holiday per year
4 days get 19.2 days holiday per year
3 days get 14.4 days holiday per year
2 days get 9.6 days holiday per year
1 day get 4.8 days holiday per year
From 1st April 2009 all employees holiday entitlement will be increasing to the following:
5 days get 28 days holiday per year
4 days get 22.4 days holiday per year
3 days get 16.8 days holiday per year
2 days get 11.2 days holiday peryear
1 day gets 5.6 days holiday per year
Additional leave taken on a Bank Holiday is up to the individual employer to agree with their employee. Employers can offer to give their employee more holiday that the above.
