Should I be angry at receiving no holiday pay

[Seeking Clarity]

Hey all,

I need some advice on a work matter. Background is I operate as a self employed contractor providing financial services to different companies.

One of my roles, I work on site two days per week at the company and have been there for about 18 months.  As I am self-employed and not an employee, I am not entitled to holiday pay; however when taking holidays last year and also last Christmas, the company paid me the weeks off as normal.

This year however, I received no holiday pay during my two weeks of summer holidays. The company is doing very well financially and is pretty generous to all staff- paying commissions, bonuses etc, while the company directors enjoy taking decent lump sums of pay at various times in the year.

I am the only worker who received no bonus or commission payment (which is ok- that is linked to sales which I am not involved in) but in view of that, I think it is reasonable to expect that they ought to give me a little holiday pay- even one week does not seem too much to ask.

In paying me no holidays they seem to be sending a clear message that they have no regard for or do not appreciate my services 

I am basically feeling quite angry and aggrieved over this and am considering not returning at all or leaving the role very soon.

My question to the audience is

Do you think I am justified in feeling this anger?

Should I say anything?

Should I just overlook it and keep going with the role another while and pretend that everything is fine?

any suggestions/feedback greatly appreciated.

 

thank you for reading.

 

[Wiseman2]

2 minutes ago, Seeking Clarity said:

 paying me no holidays they seem to be sending a clear message that they have no regard for or do not appreciate my services 

Sorry this is happening. All you can do is reread your written contract and carefully  review the fine print. Perhaps have an attorney look at it. 

If you feel it's within the bounds of your contract but a sort of snub, it's always good to have an updated CV and LinkedIn profile.

[glows]

I’m assuming it’s not in the contract and you’re not entitled. The holiday pay was a nice gesture on their part last year. Whatever you feel is valid but it won’t change what’s already happened. You can approach them and ask if they’d be open to paying some of any upcoming holiday pay for the remainder of the year but avoid coming across as angry or entitled.

[MsJayne]

2 hours ago, Seeking Clarity said:

I operate as a self employed contractor providing financial services to different companies.

My guess is that they pre-set their payroll and regular contractor payments through their banking program prior to leaving for the break, and that last year they forgot to remove your payments from a template before approving for payment and and then decided to just let it go when they realised. This year they remembered. Might be different in the UK, but contractors are not normally paid any leave or superannuation unless they perform 80%, (that's Australia), of their working hours for one entity. If they did make a boo boo with the payroll last year they should have said something to you so that you weren't expecting it this year, it can be very distressing when you don't receive income you were anticipating so I hear why you're upset and angry. My solution would be to raise my hourly rate, making sure you incorporate your holiday leave percentage, your superannuation percentage, and allowing two weeks sick leave. Financial staff are often over-looked when it comes to appreciation being shown, so show no mercy. I no longer work in accounting, (and I hope never to see a balance sheet again  ), but this was something that always got up my nose working for a high-turnover builder, that other staff, such as project managers, site foremen, (pretty much anyone who had a penis), were on bonus programs, but the person who made sure the finances ran like clockwork and provided the information that guided their big financial decisions, and so played a big role in their success, was, after 16 years of loyalty, made redundant and diddled out of a redundancy payment.  Like I said, raise your hourly rate, ream them. Don't get mad, get even . 

[basil67]

I agree with @MsJayne.  I suspect you were paid in error last year.  But they should have admitted their mistake so as to manage your expectations this time around.

[Seeking Clarity]

28 minutes ago, MsJayne said:

. My solution would be to raise my hourly rate, making sure you incorporate your holiday leave percentage, your superannuation percentage, and allowing two weeks sick leave. Financial staff are often over-looked when it comes to appreciation being shown, 

thank you, this is a good plan of attack.