I started my gaining my FSW experience in 6/Feb/16 so from my calculation I would acquire 1 year experience by 5/Feb/17. My working hours are 40/wk. It requires 39 weeks to complete 1560 hrs with this rate. But I know that those hours have to be spread over 1 year.
So I want to know if I have 7 weeks paid vacations in my contract so would those weeks be counted towards 1 year requirement or not? In that case I would be eligible somewhere at the end of March
This is a grey area as CIC deem 2 weeks holiday an acceptable gap.
I think as long as your letter states that you worked xx to xx with 30+ hours a week and they don't explicitly state you had 7 weeks holiday ( or submit your contract details with this) then it can be ignored. The UK offers 4 weeks as standard.
I am not an expert, but have friends who are TA's in school system and their work is linked to the school day when students are there (much less than 40 hour weeks). Vacation pay is included in their pay as a percentage and they do not get pay cheques during the summer vacation. I believe they work on contract annually.
As your position is quite different make sure your documents are clear about the on going nature of your job. I know I have heard of others having difficulty proving this job was one full year of employment with the lengthy break. All the best
Thanks for your response. I am paid every month a similar salary just like a normal employee who has only 2 weeks paid vacations means whether I m on vacation or I m not I get paid. I want to know if I accumulate more than 1560 hrs in 52 weeks and I have 7 weeks off (paid complete salary) starting from week 26 to 33 and I resume my job in week 34 and work all the way upto week 52 would that make me eligible for FSW
