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special leave
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tonyhendrix
- Posts: 29
- Joined: 22 Sep 2010, 15:16
- Gender: Male
special leave
I am moving my 73 year old mother from london to scotland and a month ago asked for one week leave, found out today it had been granted all unpaid, even thou i have two days outstanding leave to use up, been told i can't use that against leave because of budget , not a happy bunny
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UnhappyGremlin
- Posts: 2685
- Joined: 18 May 2012, 20:49
- Gender: Male
- Location: Hiding
Re: special leave
First off, budget isn't your problem. Second, if you're off, what difference does it make? Get the Rep in to have a word. At the end of the day, you will still have to take the 2 days off at some point. Think your manager is being a tit.
Sometimes, I wish I wasn't a Rep.
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tonyhendrix
- Posts: 29
- Joined: 22 Sep 2010, 15:16
- Gender: Male
Re: special leave
cheers gremlin ,doms alright , think they are now just puppets on a string . i have asked for his boss's number as this is a man i have never met , who has had the final say. as we are a small office we can only have one off at a time, strange thou they could suspend someone on full payfor 2 weeks ,whist someone was off, and the best laugh was the guy who got suspanded nothing else came of it
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postman nel
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 122
- Joined: 24 Apr 2013, 15:31
- Gender: Male
Re: special leave
I asked for special leave because I was getting married. . Because I was getting married at 4pm was refused..... 
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aiden01
- MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
- Posts: 7001
- Joined: 27 Feb 2013, 21:43
- Gender: Male
Re: special leave
Why should you get spl leave for getting married surely you knew well in advance and why not book your own leavepostman nel wrote:I asked for special leave because I was getting married. . Because I was getting married at 4pm was refused.....
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postman nel
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 122
- Joined: 24 Apr 2013, 15:31
- Gender: Male
Re: special leave
Unfortunately trying to book a Saturday off in my office is impossible. ..got married in the July and then had my 2 weeks honeymoon in Greece the next day....my annual leave prior to this was in the February. ..wait 5 months for a honeymoonaiden01 wrote:Why should you get spl leave for getting married surely you knew well in advance and why not book your own leavepostman nel wrote:I asked for special leave because I was getting married. . Because I was getting married at 4pm was refused.....
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aiden01
- MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
- Posts: 7001
- Joined: 27 Feb 2013, 21:43
- Gender: Male
Re: special leave
well if you had explained that in first quote reply would have been different.postman nel wrote:Unfortunately trying to book a Saturday off in my office is impossible. ..got married in the July and then had my 2 weeks honeymoon in Greece the next day....my annual leave prior to this was in the February. ..wait 5 months for a honeymoonaiden01 wrote:Why should you get spl leave for getting married surely you knew well in advance and why not book your own leavepostman nel wrote:I asked for special leave because I was getting married. . Because I was getting married at 4pm was refused.....
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postman nel
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 122
- Joined: 24 Apr 2013, 15:31
- Gender: Male
Re: special leave
aiden01 wrote:well if you had explained that in first quote reply would have been different.postman nel wrote:Unfortunately trying to book a Saturday off in my office is impossible. ..got married in the July and then had my 2 weeks honeymoon in Greece the next day....my annual leave prior to this was in the February. ..wait 5 months for a honeymoonaiden01 wrote:Why should you get spl leave for getting married surely you knew well in advance and why not book your own leavepostman nel wrote:I asked for special leave because I was getting married. . Because I was getting married at 4pm was refused.....