change/cancel holiday dates not allowed?

[FirstPost]

my rep seems to think once you've submitted your holiday dates you can't change or cancel them! is this right?

[qwerty2]

you can swap with someone else in the office
i always have every year with people who want school holidays etc

[POSTMAN]

Also if there are slots available then of course you can change them.

[FirstPost]

Also if there are slots available then of course you can change them.

There are plenty of spaces available

[POSTMAN]

Also if there are slots available then of course you can change them.

There are plenty of spaces available

Then you can change them, you've a div rep as well? It's a current theme.
Rep can't do s**t if you want to change to an empty slot.

[97gaz]

Also if there are slots available then of course you can change them.

There are plenty of spaces available

How do you know there are slots available? Every office is required to do the annual leave plan by the end of October and the whole year should be full based on the number of reserves you have. I did the leave in my office for years and once you have put your leave in then you must find a swap if you want to change it. There shouldn't be any spaces left.

[Zicomurphy]

Also if there are slots available then of course you can change them.

There are plenty of spaces available

How do you know there are slots available? Every office is required to do the annual leave plan by the end of October and the whole year should be full based on the number of reserves you have. I did the leave in my office for years and once you have put your leave in then you must find a swap if you want to change it. There shouldn't be any spaces left.

Yep, in theory I believe that’s how it should work. Personally I find it absolutely ludicrous. Make your entire workforce pick all their leave 18 months in advance, make it very difficult if not impossible to change your leave and then sit back and wonder why so many days are lost to sickness every year.

[SpacePhoenix]

You should be able to get the DOM to print off the chart that shows leave slot availability, don't know if it's from the old Manpower app or from PSP

[97gaz]

Personally I find it absolutely ludicrous.

There is no other way to do it. Every office has a certain amount of duties it needs to cover and therefore needs a certain ammount of staff every day. It must plan ahead or it is completely screwed. Many times I've had to get a list of people from the gaffer and go round the office asking people if they would mind swapping. It's the nature of the business. And seriously it could be a lot worse. A company can dictate when you take leave.

[Woody Guthrie]

Every office has a certain amount of duties it needs to cover and therefore needs a certain ammount of staff every day. It must plan ahead or it is completely screwed.

Pretty much like any other business then?