I have worked 18 hours a week as a bank employee for the last three years, working Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. They now say I must work extra hours without pay to make up for the bank holidays that I take off. Do I have to comply with this?
As a part-timer you will be entitled to paid holidays on a “pro rata” basis: since you work three days a week it will probably amount to three-fifths of the holidays your colleagues who work a five day week are entitled to. If you are paid on bank holidays when you are not working, these days will come out of your annual holiday entitlement. It sounds as though you can opt either to do this or make up your hours on a different day and take your holidays at a different time. But check your employment contract.