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Buy back holiday leave?

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Noctua
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Buy back holiday leave?

Post by Noctua »

Can anyone tell me if you can still buy back holiday leave? and how many days you can have. Do i need to contact HR or do it through management. cheers
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

Noctua wrote:Can anyone tell me if you can still buy back holiday leave? and how many days you can have. Do i need to contact HR or do it through management. cheers
yes you can, see your dom round the end of january cut off is end of feb for each holiday year
wacko74
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by wacko74 »

Sorry If I'm being a bit thick but what exactly do you mean by buying back holidays.... do you mean getting paid for leave that you're unable to take due to lack of available weeks?
Silly Sarah
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by Silly Sarah »

wacko74 wrote:Sorry If I'm being a bit thick but what exactly do you mean by buying back holidays.... do you mean getting paid for leave that you're unable to take due to lack of available weeks?
No it means you can purchase extra days to take your holiday entitlement up to 6 weeks. It's taken out of your weekly pay over the year. I purchased 8 days to give me the full 6 weeks. Costs me about £9 a week.
What have I done to deserve this?
shuffler3
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by shuffler3 »

I purchased this leave last year. Do you have to apply for it again this year or does it continue on untill you cancel it???
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

shuffler3 wrote:I purchased this leave last year. Do you have to apply for it again this year or does it continue on untill you cancel it???
it continues till you cancel it
shuffler3
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by shuffler3 »

zx135 wrote:
shuffler3 wrote:I purchased this leave last year. Do you have to apply for it again this year or does it continue on untill you cancel it???
it continues till you cancel it
Cheers zx135
avenger
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Joined: 14 Sep 2012, 19:11
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by avenger »

only problem i see is trying to use it up
getting holidays gets harder and harder at ours
simply not enough staff
Staff already being turned down for leave in march next year
Inde Singh
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by Inde Singh »

Can a request to purchase extra leave be refused? And if so on what grounds?
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Re: Buy back holiday leave?

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

Inde Singh wrote:Can a request to purchase extra leave be refused? And if so on what grounds?
see your post in the other thread.
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