Recommended Leave Rate Options

ADP - Hours

Formerly called Last 52 Weeks

This is used for employees who do not have standard hours and where we do not know what constitutes a normal working week. To be safe this should also be used for employees who have standard hours but who also regularly work variable overtime. 

Leave will be paid at the higher of:

• the rate calculated by dividing the last 52 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 52 weeks Qualifying Hours
• Basic Hourly Rate
• Special Leave Rate

RDP - Hours

Formerly called Holidays Act

This option is used for standard hours employees and does not do the Last 52 weeks calculation as the RDP rate is worked out using the work pattern. 

Leave will be paid at the higher of:

• RDP Rate
• Basic Hourly Rate
• Special Leave Rate

ADP

Formerly called Pay in Days 52 Weeks (Actual Days)

This is used for employees where the leave is held in Days and who have no or nominal standard hours and uses actual days as the divisor as we do not know what constitutes a normal working week. This option should also be used for standard hours employees that regularly work variable overtime. 

Leave will be paid at the higher of:

• the rate calculated by dividing the last 52 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 52 weeks Actual Ordinary Days
• Basic Daily Pay
• Special Leave Rate

Basic Daily Rate

An employee without work pattern hours will have their basic daily rate calculated using their average daily hours. The average daily hours are calculated using Last 52 Weeks Qualifying Hours/ Last 52 Weeks Qualifying Days.

RDP

Formerly called Pay In Days Holidays Act

This option is used where the leave is held in Days for standard hours employees and does not do the Last 52 weeks calculation as the RDP rate is worked out using the work pattern. 

Leave will be paid at the higher of:

• RDP rate
• Basic Daily Rate
• Special Leave Rate

Other Leave Rate Options

Basic Hourly Rate

• Leave is always paid at the employee hourly rate

RDP Hours + 52 Week Avg

Formerly called Annual Leave Rate

This option uses the same calculation as RDP-Hours with an additional comparison to Last 52 weeks average rate. The RDP rate is worked out using the work pattern.

Leave will be paid at the higher of:

• RDP rate
• basic hourly rate
• special leave rate
• average rate - this is like the calculation used for the Annual Leave 'Std Hours - Manual Change'  leave rate option (52 weeks Holiday Earnings divided by the last 52 weeks Qualifying Hours)

52 weeks (Actual Hours)

This is used for employees who have nominal standard hours but uses actual hours as the divisor as we do not know what constitutes a normal working week. This is commonly used for employees on proportional accrual with standard hours

Leave is paid at the higher of:

• The rate calculated by dividing the last 52 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 52 weeks Actual Ordinary Hours;
• Basic Hourly Rate
• Special Leave Rate 

Last 4 weeks

This is used for employees who have no standard hours and where we do not know what constitutes a normal working week

Leave is paid at the higher of:

• The rate calculated by dividing the last 4 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 4 weeks Qualifying Hours;
• The last 52 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 52 weeks Qualifying Hours;
• Basic Hourly Rate
• Special Leave Rate

4 weeks (Actual Hours)

This is used for employees who have nominal standard hours but uses actual hours as the divisor as we do not know what constitutes a normal working week. This is commonly used for employees on proportional accrual with standard hours

Leave is paid at the higher of:

• The rate calculated by dividing the last 4 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 4 weeks Actual Ordinary Hours;
• The last 52 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 52 weeks Actual Ordinary Hours;
• Basic Hourly Rate
• Special Leave Rate

Standard Hours

This option uses the current standard hours. That means the historic leave earnings do not need to be manually changed when the employee changes weekly hours

Leave is paid using the higher of:

• The previous 52 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings divided by the current standard hours;
• Basic Hourly Rate
• Special Leave Rate

Pay In Days Basic Hourly Rate

• Leave is always paid using the employee daily rate

Pay In Days RDP + 52 Week Avg

Formerly called Pay In Days Annual Leave Rate

This option uses the same calculation as RDP with an additional comparison to Last 52 weeks average rate. The RDP rate is worked out using the work pattern.

Leave will be paid at the higher of:

• RDP rate

• basic hourly rate

• special leave rate

• average rate - 52 weeks Holiday Earnings divided by the last 52 weeks Qualifying Days

Pay in Days Last 52 weeks

This is used for employees who have no standard hours and where we do not know what constitutes a normal working week

Leave is paid using the higher of:

• the rate calculated by dividing the last 52 weeks Average Daily Pay Earnings by the last 52 weeks Qualifying Days;
• basic daily rate;
• special leave rate