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cavendish9027
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wedding special leave

Post by cavendish9027 »

Am I right in thinking I can have time off paid (under special leave A) for my wedding. I heard its based on your holiday entitlement. I currently have just over 4 weeks as I have been working for the Royal Mail for 3 1/2 years.
Thanks for any help
PhilthyPhil
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Re: wedding special leave

Post by PhilthyPhil »

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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It's in the special leave doc...
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cavendish9027
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Re: wedding special leave

Post by cavendish9027 »

so I'm entitled to 5 days....?
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Re: wedding special leave

Post by dvbuk55 »

cavendish9027 wrote:so I'm entitled to 5 days....?
Don't do it cavendish, get on the train tonight and never look back, if you stay it will be the end of the world as you know it :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
cavendish9027
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Re: wedding special leave

Post by cavendish9027 »

Its worth it for the 5 extra days off
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Re: wedding special leave

Post by fishtank »

cavendish9027 wrote:so I'm entitled to 5 days....?
Entitled is a strong word.
Some unpaid leave is a legal entitlement.
All paid special leave is discretionary.
Don't go in talking about entitlements...your manager may just find a sound business reason to refuse especially if the notice is short.
Rules are rules...guidance is another thing altogether.
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ebbzie
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Re: wedding special leave

Post by ebbzie »

cavendish9027 wrote:so I'm entitled to 5 days....?
Is the 5 days worth a life time?????
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ebbzie wrote:
cavendish9027 wrote:so I'm entitled to 5 days....?
Is the 5 days worth a life time?????
Lifetime ? :shock: Might be marrying late in life to reduce the sentence. :Very Happy
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Re: wedding special leave

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
ebbzie wrote:
cavendish9027 wrote:so I'm entitled to 5 days....?
Is the 5 days worth a life time?????
Lifetime ? :shock: Might be marrying late in life to reduce the sentence. :Very Happy
It's a well known fallacy that married men live longer, they don't really of course - it just seems longer. :chuckle I know it's true because I've been married 40 years and it seems like 90 - could Alcatraz have been worse I sometimes wonder.
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dvbuk55 wrote: It's a well known fallacy that married men live longer, they don't really of course - it just seems longer. :chuckle I know it's true because I've been married 40 years and it seems like 90 - could Alcatraz have been worse I sometimes wonder.
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Re: wedding special leave

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DGP1 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote: It's a well known fallacy that married men live longer, they don't really of course - it just seems longer. :chuckle I know it's true because I've been married 40 years and it seems like 90 - could Alcatraz have been worse I sometimes wonder.
Don't I know it :sad: :nervous
We go to the naughty room for a bit of piece and quiet DG - I have now installed electricity in my sheds and greenhouse, so when it gets dark I can slope off and still read "those" magazines :Very Happy :Very Happy
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Re: wedding special leave

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dvbuk55 wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote: It's a well known fallacy that married men live longer, they don't really of course - it just seems longer. :chuckle I know it's true because I've been married 40 years and it seems like 90 - could Alcatraz have been worse I sometimes wonder.
Don't I know it :sad: :nervous
We go to the naughty room for a bit of piece and quiet DG - I have now installed electricity in my sheds and greenhouse, so when it gets dark I can slope off and still read "those" magazines :Very Happy :Very Happy
I go to the 'gym' :wink: when I need some quiet
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
dvbuk55
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Re: wedding special leave

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DGP1 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote: It's a well known fallacy that married men live longer, they don't really of course - it just seems longer. :chuckle I know it's true because I've been married 40 years and it seems like 90 - could Alcatraz have been worse I sometimes wonder.
Don't I know it :sad: :nervous
We go to the naughty room for a bit of piece and quiet DG - I have now installed electricity in my sheds and greenhouse, so when it gets dark I can slope off and still read "those" magazines :Very Happy :Very Happy
I go to the 'gym' :wink: when I need some quiet
Yes I noticed the 6 pack :chuckle actually I think it was a 12 pack because it seemed a fairly big box :chuckle