If I want to book Christmas Eve off – how much holiday do I need to use?

If you are scheduled to work on Christmas Eve, whether you are part-time or full-time, you will only need to book half of your day’s hours to take a day off on Christmas Eve. For a part time employee whose working day is less than 7 hours the 1/2 day is pro-rata e.g. if you are contracted to work 6 hours then you will book 3 hours holiday leave.

For employees in the Branch Network, if you have agreed with your manager to use Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) instead of working on Christmas Eve, then you only need to ‘spend’ the same amount of TOIL as you would have taken in holiday. For example, a full-time employee would ‘spend’ 3.5 hours of TOIL, and a part-time employee who normally works a 4 hour day only needs to ‘spend’ 2 hours of TOIL.

These holiday booking rules only apply to those who are scheduled to be in work and do not apply to either full or part time employees that are not due to be in work on that day. If you are scheduled to start work after 1pm and work in a department closing at 1pm you do not need to book holiday to take the time off.