Ok but I've worked longer than 4 weeks but signed a contract saying my holiday leave was only 5.5 hrs. What then?

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I've attached the contract in question. Sorry it's just a photo taken with my phone. If you're unable to read it let me know and I'll produce a better version. Note the part where we had to sign that we only had 5.5hrs of holiday leave left. This is what is odd to me. Does this mean that the hours I've worked after xmas (i've been kept on for a short while longer that the 'expected termination date') won't accumulate holiday pay? Even the contractual 12 hours. Also, am I still entitled to the 12 hours work & holiday pay after the expected termination date? Sorry for the additional questions and thanks for the help thus far.

Yes this is what they have been telling me but I don't find that in Working Time Regulations 1998. Is it somewhere else. What happens to the hours I work when my contract is up (or did it not end on the 24th?)

Ok thanks heaps. Ill start with that and check back in with the results. Your help has been invaluable. I love this website too.

Great thanks. What I really need though is confirmation that the contract doesn't override this as they are saying that what i signed overrides that.

Thanks for your quick response. Can you confirm that the contract I signed at the beginning of my employment saying that I only have 5.5 left doesn't override this? Do you have a source I can quote/read?

November 25, 2012

Hi Everyone First post as I just moved to London form Australia (British Citizen though) I've been doing a christmas temp position and begun by signing a contract that stated that I have remaining 5.5hrs of annual leave (before we had even started). I've since worked up to 40 hours a week and just been told that I don't get annual leave on those hours, just the 5.5 that we signed for on the training day. Info: It's a 12 hour contract FYI (they said this was only because it made it more flexible) and although the hours I've been working have been much more. The contract states that my employment was expected to end on 24/12/2012 although I've since continued to work there without signing any new contract. The contract was supposed to be in conjunction with the Employee Handbook but this wasn't given to me until after the contract was signed. (Not sure if relevant) Any help is much appreciated. I'm new to the laws and really need this holiday pay to help me through until I find a new job as I think they will be letting me go after the sales. Cheers Dave