annual holidays

[viking]

what is the normal procedure for being allowed to take due weeks and days owing in the year they are allocated. At our office we have been told that we cant get time off because there are no longer any spare time slots. Ive worked for over 20 years so am due the 6weeks plus odd days. It seems that if your face fits you seem to get any day you want, some females even given time off at chrismas to go on a shopping trip!!. We have to carry time over til next year but youve guessed, same thing happens!.Have also found out that some working their days off claw back a day owing instead of wage, therefore being given days which suddenly become available.As i wont do overtime im assuming that im not on the list getting preference for available dates

[noggin1969]

If you are en

[coxie]

its law you are entitled to paid holiday each year and they cant stop you, sit down with him and tell him he cant refuse to let you take it by law but you are willing to negotiate when is best convenient if your not bothered when you take it.

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

from the direct gov website

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Taking your holiday

When you take your holidays you need to make sure you have given your employer the right notice and your employer should make sure they pay you the right pay. Find out what advance notice you need to give and how holiday pay is calculated.
If you want to take holiday
You must give your employer advance notice that you want to take holiday. This notice should be at least twice as long as the amount of holiday you want to take. For example, you should give two weeks' notice for one week's holiday.

Your employer can refuse permission for your holiday as long as they give you notice which is at least as long as the holiday requested. So to refuse a request for a week's leave, they would have to tell you a week in advance.

Your contract may set out other rules about when you can take your holiday. This is allowed so long as the rules don't effectively prevent you from taking holiday at all.
If your employer wants you to take holiday
Your employer can decide when some or all of your holidays must be taken. For instance, they may require you to take some of your holiday to cover the bank holidays, or may require the whole company to take holiday during a Christmas shutdown.

This may be in your contract of employment, or it may be normal practice built up over time. An employer has to give the same amount of notice as you do.
How to treat part days
Your annual holiday entitlement may include part days (for example 11.2 days for someone working two days a week). You need to ask your employer how they want you to treat these part days. They cannot be rounded down and do not need to be rounded up to the nearest full day, however your employer can choose to do so if they wish.

Alternatively your employer might suggest you take a full day’s leave and just get paid for the part day you are owed. For example:

the part day could be taken off a day’s shift, so you leave early or come in late
the part day could be carried over to your next holiday year

[S6 Stroller]

what is the normal procedure for being allowed to take due weeks and days owing in the year they are allocated. At our office we have been told that we cant get time off because there are no longer any spare time slots. Ive worked for over 20 years so am due the 6weeks plus odd days. It seems that if your face fits you seem to get any day you want, some females even given time off at chrismas to go on a shopping trip!!. We have to carry time over til next year but youve guessed, same thing happens!.Have also found out that some working their days off claw back a day owing instead of wage, therefore being given days which suddenly become available.As i wont do overtime im assuming that im not on the list getting preference for available dates

I've thought this for a long time. The people who organise rotas at our place couldn't give a damn. The first answer is always "No" and then you are expected to pester them until they actually try to sort something for you. Same with incorrect pay. Same with everything that employees at normal companies take for granted but we have to battle for.

[Big Daz]

At my D.O we have sheets of paper up on display showing how many leave spaces there are left each week and the names of those who allready have that week off.


The 2nd week in november last year there was a space so i took my 3 odd days leave there. Simple system yet it appears some DOM's cant even manage that

[S6 Stroller]

At my D.O we have sheets of paper up on display showing how many leave spaces there are left each week and the names of those who allready have that week off.


The 2nd week in november last year there was a space so i took my 3 odd days leave there. Simple system yet it appears some DOM's cant even manage that

That's a brilliant idea. I wonder why that doesn't happen at my D.O?

Perhaps if that amount of transparency was used there would be no possibility of favouring certain members of staff or just saying 'No!' straight off the bat.