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Un paid leave

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Hi All,
Does anybody know if you can have leave without pay after you have had all your allocated leave entitlement and how you would go about arranging this.The reason being a family wedding in Australia which I have just found out about and I have taken all my leave for the current year.Thanks in advance
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Your best chance is http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=24456" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Special Leave . However can't see one which fits your circumstance.

Or just ordinary unpaid leave but both are at the managers discretion.
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Just noticed...

MARRIAGE/REGISTRATION OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP LEAVE



3 to 5 days paid leave depending on annual leave entitlement:
3 days if leave entitlement is 6 weeks.
4 days if leave entitlement is 5 weeks 3 days.
5 days if leave entitlement is 5 weeks.
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Post by arnold cheshire »

POSTMAN wrote:Just noticed...

MARRIAGE/REGISTRATION OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP LEAVE



3 to 5 days paid leave depending on annual leave entitlement:
3 days if leave entitlement is 6 weeks.
4 days if leave entitlement is 5 weeks 3 days.
5 days if leave entitlement is 5 weeks.
why do you get less time for more seniority ? i didnt know this leave still existed
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If you have children under 5, then you're entitled to 4 weeks unpaid leave per year per child.
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Sherpas Rule wrote:
beinspired wrote:If you have children under 5, then you're entitled to 4 weeks unpaid leave per year per child.
Really!?
Not exactly.
It's 13 weeks' parental leave for each of your children up to their fifth birthday.
Or in the case of a child with a disability 18 weeks' parental leave until their 18th birthday.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/parents/mon ... g_10029416" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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..but if you have, say 2 children under 5, you could take 8 weeks per year unpaid up to our 13 week entitlement per child.
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beinspired wrote:..but if you have, say 2 children under 5, you could take 8 weeks per year unpaid up to our 13 week entitlement per child.
Yes technically you could but who can afford to lose 8 weeks wages?
The vast majority of parental leave is left un-taken simply because the average worker cannot afford such luxuries...it's basically a perk of the middle classes.
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fishtank wrote:
beinspired wrote:..but if you have, say 2 children under 5, you could take 8 weeks per year unpaid up to our 13 week entitlement per child.
Yes technically you could but who can afford to lose 8 weeks wages?
The vast majority of parental leave is left un-taken simply because the average worker cannot afford such luxuries...it's basically a perk of the middle classes.

You're right - most of us couldn't afford to take that much unpaid leave, but surely there must be some benefits available for people on low incomes who need parental leave??