1. New regulation 13A in the Working Time Regulations 1998 introduces a right to an additional 1.6 weeks’ holiday. The new right is being implemented in two stages. When are they?

(a) An additional 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 October 2007, followed by the remaining 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 April 2008.

(b) An additional 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 October 2007, followed by the remaining 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 October 2008.

(c) An additional 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 October 2007, followed by the remaining 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 April 2009.

(d) An additional 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 October 2007, followed by the remaining 0.8 week’s holiday on 1 October 2009.

2. Company A currently offers four weeks’ paid holiday plus eight paid bank holidays, but allows employees to carry over up to eight days’ holiday. Does this comply with the new requirements?

(a) No. Neither the original four-week minimum holiday entitlement nor the additional entitlement can be carried over into another leave year.

(b) No. Carry-over is limited to one week’s holiday, ie five days for a standard five-day-a-week worker.

(c) Yes. But only if the carry-over is limited to the year following the leave year in which the entitlement falls due.

(d) Yes. But only if the carry-over is limited to two years following the leave year in which the entitlement falls due.

3. Martin works six days a week as a checkout operator, while Mary works five days a week in sales, and Matthew four days a week in a bar. Their current annual leave is limited to the four weeks’ statutory leave under regulation 13. How many days’ holiday will they receive in total when regulation 13A is fully implemented?

(a) Martin will be entitled to 33.6 days’ holiday, Mary to 28 and Matthew to 22.4.

(b) Martin and Mary will both be entitled to 28 days’ holiday and Matthew to 22.4.

(c) Martin, Mary and Matthew will all be entitled to 28 days’ holiday.

(d) Martin will be entitled to 28.8 days’ holiday, Mary to 24 and Matthew to 19.2.

4. Company A currently offers four weeks’ paid leave plus eight paid bank holidays. Can it offer pay in lieu of any of the total statutory entitlement under the new rules?

(a) Yes, it can offer pay in lieu of any of the original four-week entitlement or the new additional entitement.

(b) Yes, it can offer pay in lieu of eight days’ entitlement and continue indefinitely with this policy.

(c) Yes, it can offer pay in lieu of eight days’ entitlement, but only as a transitional provision until 1 April 2009.

(d) No, no payment in lieu of either the original four-week statutory entitlement or the additional 1.6 weeks' entitlement is permitted.

5. Company A, which operates on a seven-day-a-week basis, has a holiday policy whereby employees currently receive the minimum four-week statutory holiday entitlement plus paid bank holidays where they fall on the days they work. Sharon works Wednesday to Friday. Will Company A have to rethink her entitlement if it is to be in compliance with new regulation 13A?

(a) No, so long as Company A continues to apply its holiday rule to both full-time employees and part-timers alike.

(b) Yes, Company A will be obliged to give Sharon eight paid bank holidays.

(c) No, Sharon will eventually be entitled to an additional 4.8 days’ statutory holiday, but this will be covered by the number of bank holidays that always fall on the three days of the week that she works.

(d) Yes, Sharon will eventually be entitled to an additional 4.8 days’ statutory holiday and this will not necessarily be covered by bank holidays falling on the three days of the week that she works.

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