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BT – ANNUAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS
Last year it came to our attention that there is no single place where individual annual leave entitlements are held in BT. Therefore, there is no prompt from the Company when an individual’s annual leave entitlement increases in line with service.
The responsibility for managing annual leave entitlement is a matter for the individual and their line manager.
Given this situation, please find detailed below the current annual leave entitlements:
Length of Service Holidays Notes
On entry 25 days
5 years 26 days Applicable only to people in service at 30 September 2000
8 years 27 days Applicable only to people in service at 30 September 2000
10 years 28 days
18 years 30 days
22 years 32.5 days Applicable only to people in annual leave group 2 at 30 September 2000 and people with pay and pension protection to a former annual leave group 2 grade at NewGrid implementation.
The issue of a reminder LTB last year generated a significant number of enquiries and uncovered a number of individuals that were not receiving their appropriate entitlements. The queries raised last year broadly fitted into 3 categories:
1. What are the hourly equivalents for those whose leave is taken in hours?
2. What were the Group 2 pre-
3. What is the leave entitlement for part-
1. Annual Leave in Hours
The daily equivalent in hours is calculated by dividing the weekly contracted hours by 5
36 ÷ 5 = 7.2 hours.
Annual leave allocation is the entitlement in days multiplied by 7.2.
For example:
On entry 25 x 7.2 = 180 hours
10 years 28 x 7.2 = 201.6 hours
18 years 30 x 7.2 = 216 hours
These allocations are the same for everyone regardless of work pattern.
2. Group 2
People in annual leave Group 2 at 30th September 2000 are entitled to 32.5 days after 22 years service.
Annual leave Group 2 consisted of the following pre-
Trainer
Technical Officer
Senior Technician
Technician 1
Technical & Commercial Trainee
Draughtsman/woman
Commercial Officer
Computing 3
Radio Officer
Leading Materials Handler
Workshop Supervisor 1/2
Technician in Charge (MT)
Driving Instructor
Reprographic Unit Supervisor
Typing and Secretarial Levels 2/3/4
Illustrator
Retail 2/3
Sales Support Officer
NBC Professional Sales Grade A.
3. Part-
Part-
For example:
A part-
Full time equivalent in hours = 30 x 7.2 = 216
Weekly part-
Weekly full time hours = 36
Leave Allocation = 216 x 20 ÷ 36 = 120 hours.