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SECTION4: BENEFITS
4.1 ANNUAL LEAVE
Unless greater holiday provision is made in your individual contract of employment, you will be
entitled to 21 days holidays on an annual basis (excluding public holidays) or as outlined below.
Employees must retain a minimum of six days annual leave for the Christmas period. The Company
request that no additional annual leave is applied for in the month of December.

4.1.1 Calculation of Holiday Entitlement
Where employees have worked less than a full year or less than 1,365 hours in that leave year, the
employee will be entitled to one-third of a working week for each month in the leave year in which he
or she works at least 117 hours, or 8 per cent of the hours actually worked in a leave year (subject to
a maximum of four working weeks leave).

All employees who have worked for eight months or more, working at least 117 hours per month, will
be entitled to an unbroken period of two weeks holidays.

All Annual Leave will be approved at the Company's discretion. However, the Company will agree
holidays with the employee bearing in mind work/operational requirements, opportunities for rest
and recreation and family responsibilities of the employee.

4.1.2 Illness during Annual Holiday
If you fall ill during a holiday and submit a medical certificate covering the day(s) in question, you will
be granted alternative days off in lieu.

4.1.3 Applying for Annual Leave
To apply for holiday leave, you must:

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