No longer paid for bank holiday by employer

[argentina]

Part-time employees​

If you work for your employer for at least 40 hours in the 5 weeks before the public holiday and it falls on a day you normally work, you get paid for the day even if you don’t work. If you have to work that day, you are entitled to an extra day's pay.

Is it therefore fair to say that the person who works their 3 days as Mon/Tue/Wed fares better? Like if you look at what they are earning per hour on average they are coming out with more than the person who works on e.g Tue/Wed/Thurs on weeks when there is a BH ( on a Monday). Given most bank holidays are on a Monday ?
One of my ex colleagues worked on Monday/Tuesday & Wed. She got her full pay every week, if a bh was on a Thursday or a Friday she got nothing extra - I think this was incorrect retrospectively.

 

[Salvadore]

Is it therefore fair to say that the person who works their 3 days as Mon/Tue/Wed fares better?

Financially, probably yes. But they have to work every public holiday Monday which may not always suit.

By the way, Good Friday isn’t a public holiday so doesn’t have the same benefits as working a public holiday Monday.

 

[faketales]

Is it therefore fair to say that the person who works their 3 days as Mon/Tue/Wed fares better? Like if you look at what they are earning per hour on average they are coming out with more than the person who works on e.g Tue/Wed/Thurs on weeks when there is a BH ( on a Monday).

Surly it comes down to preference or need?

The Tue, Wed, Thursday person will get extra cash where as the Monday Tuesday Wednesday person has a better €/hr rate that week.

 

[witchymand17]

Thanks ever so much for your replies, I really appreciate you all taking time to answer

 

[Premos]

I have a further question on working part-time and bank holiday pay. My child is currently working part-time and worked 7 hours on August bank holiday. He didn't get 7 hours double pay but an additional 3.75 hours. He was told that his bank holiday entitlement was a percentage of the last 13 weeks that he worked and that the hours he actually worked were paid at basic. I was surprised and though he would receive double pay for the hours. Is the 3.75 correct? It seems to be but if anyone would confirm, that would be great.

 

[bipped]

It depends on the normal work pattern. Do they normally work on Mondays, or whatever day the PH happens to fall on? If not, the 7 hours paid are for the hours actually worked.

Part-time workers need to work 40 hours in the previous 5 weeks for public holiday entitlement. Then, if the public holiday falls on a day usually worked, and the person works that day instead of having the day off, payment for the day is the normal pay plus the hours worked on the public holiday.

If not rostered to work on that day, payment made is 1/5th of the weekly pay extra, as compensation for the public holiday.

For employees who work different days/ hours each week (eg casual work) or where pay varies (eg a person paid basic + commission, or piece-work), employers use the previous 13 week period to calculate the average weekly hours and pay.