Holidays and other benefits
Apr 25th 2009, 9:20 am
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Re: Holidays and other benefits
Ok i'm clear on how much is a good offer as base salary at my level, and I know about the free flight, healthcare and dental, but is there a standard amount of holiday that I should be offered? is this negotiable? only asking as a friend of mine said that the employment law is 20 days and its usually non-negotiable.
apart from housing is there anything else i should be looking at getting as part of the deal without over-stretching my worth?
PS; don't have kids so won't need a school package.
apart from housing is there anything else i should be looking at getting as part of the deal without over-stretching my worth?
PS; don't have kids so won't need a school package.
On the holiday front I work for a MNC and I get the standard 22 working days plus public/religious holidays, the tricky thing though is with the Religious holidays I never really know what I am going to get as everyone waits to see what the government sector get, and as a rule of thumb if a public/religious holiday falls on a weekend day you do not tend to get a day in lieu....
Apr 25th 2009, 5:24 pm
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Re: Holidays and other benefits
My contract says 30 working days of paid leave. So that is not 22 days, neither include public holidays as they are not working days. I thought this was standard.
Apr 27th 2009, 5:59 am
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Re: Holidays and other benefits
Same here, I'm home on thurday for a week, another 2 in July and then off to Oz later.
I couldn't think of anything worse than 1 break a year
I couldn't think of anything worse than 1 break a year
Apr 28th 2009, 6:19 am
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Re: Holidays and other benefits
I get 30 working days, IE 6 weeks, plus all the public hols, 2 days at xmas and 1 day at easter, bliss
Apr 28th 2009, 8:26 am
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Re: Holidays and other benefits
I get 26 working days, weekend not included......plus public holidays which are generally annouced around 7pm the night before
May 2nd 2009, 11:44 am
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Re: Holidays and other benefits
cheers for the replies guys
May 8th 2009, 9:18 am
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Re: Holidays and other benefits
38 days + public holidays (I work 4 the gvmt sector)
May 8th 2009, 5:28 pm
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