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Disclaimer: Estimate only. Pro-rata holiday is best calculated on contracted hours or days; bank holidays should be pro-rated using the same fraction to keep part-timers fair. Round holiday entitlement up, never down. For complex patterns (term-time, annualised hours, job-share) get tailored advice.
How to pro-rata salary and holiday fairly
Part-time workers have the right not to be treated less favourably than comparable full-timers. The simplest way to stay fair is to pro-rata everything by the same fraction.
Pro-rata salary
Take the full-time salary and multiply by the part-time fraction (part-time hours divided by full-time hours). Someone on 22.5 hours against a 37.5-hour full-time week works 60% of full time, so earns 60% of the full-time salary.
Pro-rata holiday
Multiply the full-time holiday entitlement by the same fraction. The trap is bank holidays: if you give full-timers bank holidays on top, pro-rata that allowance too, rather than letting which day a bank holiday falls on decide it. Always round holiday up, never down.
Common mistakes
- Giving part-timers full bank holidays while full-timers get them on top (this can over or under-pay them)
- Rounding holiday entitlement down
- Forgetting to pro-rata other benefits with a monetary value
- Not putting the working pattern in writing
