Can I cancel my own annual leave ?

[baldrick]

I have worked out that if all staff in our office bought the max (6weeks) leave that there simply wouldnt be enough weeks in the year for everybody to take them.

There is NO right to be able to buy a 6 week holiday entitlement..... I had to put it in writing and request it. Coz it was such a long time ago it was O.K'd but people have recently been turned down with the same request. I know that RM can seems stupid at times but they aint THAT stoopid!

It was part of the Way Forward Agreement, though RM weren't expecting the amount of people who applied.

[da'bunny]

At my office you can buy an extra weeks leave so in total you can have 6 weeks.
Baldrick - Regarding the above being part of the way forward, ever since i joined RM 13 years ago there has been the right to buy an extra weeks holiday.
We are allowed to carry over 5 days.
You can cancel annual leave as otherwise it is FORCED leave ( i asked my union man).
Regarding the OP tell your manager you don't need the leave he's given you and tell him when you do want it, if he says you cant cancel it speak to your union rep. I for one wouldn't put up with being told when to take holidays!

[POSTMAN]

Part of the pay and mod agreement with the summer lapsing is you have extra holiday spaces booked.
So in the summer if you are lapsing you should have extra slots.

FFS Postman, we've had our summer leave reduced this year, only 5 when it used to be 8 (not that I care, I still got decent weeks).

Really? Feck that.

[Tommase]

At my office you can buy an extra weeks leave so in total you can have 6 weeks.
Baldrick - Regarding the above being part of the way forward, ever since i joined RM 13 years ago there has been the right to buy an extra weeks holiday.
We are allowed to carry over 5 days.
You can cancel annual leave as otherwise it is FORCED leave ( i asked my union man).
Regarding the OP tell your manager you don't need the leave he's given you and tell him when you do want it, if he says you cant cancel it speak to your union rep. I for one wouldn't put up with being told when to take holidays!

Interesting, Thank you. I was going to contact my union rep but to be honest he's not the most accomodating person ! I will take this information back in tomorrow morning.

Its being forced to go to another DO that is grating me though ! Surely it should be the leave reserve that is surplus to requirement ?

[Baz1978]

Looking at our holidays picked, and as it goes on seniorority, and its now down to four off at a time with 24 walks I am not going to get a week off until late october. got a holiday booked abroad with my familiy late may (you have to book them early or you pay loads more which I can't afford to do) Now it looks like I will not get this week, as it's double over subscribed, so what do I do? If I put in a transfer to a nearer office to me, which would save me about £20 a week on travelling anyway, would I ge this holiday?

[moyas slave]

Looking at our holidays picked, and as it goes on seniorority, and its now down to four off at a time with 24 walks I am not going to get a week off until late october. got a holiday booked abroad with my familiy late may (you have to book them early or you pay loads more which I can't afford to do) Now it looks like I will not get this week, as it's double over subscribed, so what do I do? If I put in a transfer to a nearer office to me, which would save me about £20 a week on travelling anyway, would I ge this holiday?

would you get the transfer? and hols will have already been allocated in new DO.

[sanyo]

It must have been a mistake by HR. I don't think you can buy over 6 weeks.
If you could I certainly would. I might email HR to check that out.

Did you e mail HR?, if so what did they say? I would also be interested in buying more weeks. Thanks in advance.

[baldrick]

It must have been a mistake by HR. I don't think you can buy over 6 weeks.
If you could I certainly would. I might email HR to check that out.

Did you e mail HR?, if so what did they say? I would also be interested in buying more weeks. Thanks in advance.

No, sorry I didn't. I decided it must be a mistake.

[sanyo]

No, sorry I didn't. I decided it must be a mistake.

Yeah! that's what i was thinking.