- Section:Working Hours and Time Off
- Source: Corporate Resources Ratification Committee 4th October, 2000
- Issue Date: October, 2000 : Reissued February 2002, 28 August 2012, October 2012, November 2013, February 2014, April 2014, April 2019, June 2019, June 2022, January 2023, April 2023
Holiday Entitlement
The standard holiday entitlement for NJC employees is:
28 days after 12 months service
33 days after 5 years service
The holiday entitlements are inclusive of 2 extra statutory holidays. The 8 statutory public holidays are in addition to the above.
New entrants to Local Government are entitled to 1/12th of their annual entitlement for each completed month of service during the leave year of entry. Part-time employees and those employed for less than a full year receive holidays on a pro rata basis. For public holidays that coincide with a non-working day, the day will be treated as a public holiday. Employees are entitled to 1/5th of their contractual weekly hours and will receive pro-rata lieu time for each non-working day that coincides with a public holiday. For employees required to work on a public holiday, the arrangement contained in the Non-Standard Working Arrangements and Associated Payments Policy will apply.
New employees joining Sefton from another Local Authority without a gap will have their service in the previous Authority taken into account for the purpose of their holiday entitlement.