Firstly
It is approximately 6 Weeks from now that next years annual leave should be selected, it should not be carrying on into next year and even longer in some instances, Union Reps should already have talked about this with their doms and be sorting out next years leave
So if your rep is not already talking to your dom about it, get on to him and get him to start to get it sorted out, everyone should know when they have their annual leave next year by the end of October giving everyone plenty of time to book and plan holidays,The Way Forward Agreement wrote:The leave year will be April to March. The Christmas pressure period, determined by the operational unit, will be a closed period for leave. The selection process should be complete by the end of the preceding October each year.
Secondly
Summer Staffing is not used for covering sickness absence or vacancies, it has been specifically agreed for the use to allow extra annual leave slots during the summer months, so reps should be pushing for extra slots to be opened up during the summer, dont take no for an answer, get these slots opened up now and selected before end of October
yes it will mean lapsing during the summer months but what would you rather be doing it for, to help your dom hit his bonus or so one of your mates can get a weeks holiday? the way things are going some offices are lapsing year round anyway so better you get the benefit of doing something that you would be doing anyway to benefit your dom