Annual leave and Saturdays for floating staff?

[mh80]

I was told 2 days before it started I had a weeks holiday? What use is that, I asked my lino but he said he couldn't do anything!! So instead of going away somewhere I've been stuck here! w*****s!!!

Does anyone know what the official stance on this is? I have had it with this job, and the damn idiots in my office!! I need to find a new one desperately!

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

I was told 2 days before it started I had a weeks holiday? What use is that, I asked my lino but he said he couldn't do anything!! So instead of going away somewhere I've been stuck here! w*****s!!!

Does anyone know what the official stance on this is? I have had it with this job, and the damn idiots in my office!! I need to find a new one desperately!

Tell Him to f**k off and read this

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/ ... G_10034711" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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.