Holiday and leave

Entitlement arithmetic causes most small-business disputes, and almost all of them come from part-time patterns, public holidays or a rule that was never written down.

Leave · 8 notes

Working Out Holiday Entitlement

The calculation that causes most disputes in small businesses, and the three cases where the simple version breaks.

Procedure

Booking and Approving Leave

A process simple enough that people follow it, and the three rules that prevent most coverage problems.

Procedure

Part-Time and Variable Hours

Where the simple entitlement calculation breaks, and the approach that keeps it fair and defensible.

Procedure

Public Holidays

A small piece of arithmetic that causes a disproportionate share of disputes, and the arrangement that removes most of them.

Reference

Carry-Over and Use-It-Or-Lose-It

The year-end scramble, why it happens, and why a business where nobody takes leave has a coverage problem rather than a lucky saving.

Analysis

Family and Emergency Leave

The categories beyond holiday and sickness, which small businesses meet rarely and therefore handle badly.

Reference

Seasonal and Casual Staff

Short engagements, irregular hours and high turnover break the annual model. What still applies and what changes.

Procedure

Paying for Holiday

Booking leave is the easy part. What it should be paid at, and the cases where the obvious answer is wrong.

Reference