SJIB Holiday Pay Schemes

1.4 SJIB Holiday Pay Schemes

(a) SJIB Holiday/Welfare Credit Scheme
Under the provisions of this scheme the SJIB issues Annual Holiday/Welfare Credits weekly in respect of each Operative covering: -
(i) 22 days of Annual Holiday.
(ii) 5 days of Recognised Holiday (Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, 2nd January and Easter Monday).
(iii) Sickness, Accident and Group Life Insurance Benefits.
(iv) Private Health Insurance.

Note: - Rule 3.1(c) (1) (ii) of Section B of the SJIB National Working Rules stipulates that Operatives are entitled to 30 days holiday.  The remaining three days of holiday not covered by the Holiday Credit Scheme are one day of Spring Holiday, one day of Autumn Holiday and the May Day Holiday, for which employers are obliged to pay the normal hours that would have been worked on these days including any applicable top-up payments, provided that the operative was at work or available for work the day before and the day after the holiday.  For the purpose of this Rule, an operative shall be deemed to have worked on one or both of the qualifying days when the operative:

• has lost time through certified sickness;
• was on a rest period for the day following continuous working all the previous  night;
• was absent with the employer’s permission.

Holiday credits shall be the property of the operative.

On entering the employment of an employer participating in the Scheme, the employer will complete a New Starts Report.  The employer is responsible for the purchase of and the value of Holiday Credits on behalf of each employee.

(b) SJIB Holiday with Pay Scheme
Under the provisions of this scheme the SJIB holds, on behalf of the employer, money deposited by employers covering the value of 30 days Holiday (22 days Annual Holiday and 8 days Locally Recognised Holiday).

Employers who participate in the SJIB Holiday with Pay Scheme are required to purchase Welfare Credits for all their Operatives.