Booking 1 or 2 days off for Grandchilds Christening

[sea7]

My first grandchild is due this year and will probably be christened near the end of the year. I won't know what date until around 3 months before and will need 1 or 2 days off work as it will be in Scotland and I am from Wales. Should I be ok to take the days off so I can attend?

[ebbzie]

You might struggle if christeninng in Decenber as our office , nobody is allowed leave. Speak to your DOM now and pre warn him, if hes at all decent you should be able to sort something out even if it means swapping days off with someone

[Bahia Feliz]

If the christening is on a Sunday then that is one day you won't have to work obviously,You can finish on time on the Saturday to give yourself time to get to Scotland,so if you could get the Monday off as well that would just about sort it for you.Best case scenario obviously

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

here is some highlighted bits from the way forward agreement for you

Selection of annual leave

The objective will be as far as possible to maximise leave opportunities for employees, whilst ensuring that operational needs and the customer specification are met at all times. This agreement covers selection of full week leave and part week e.g. holidays staring mid-week. Single days leave will be agreed locally through the Staff Resourcing Manager in Mail Centres or the line manager in other operational units.

The leave year will be April to March. The Christmas pressure period, determined by the operational unit, will be a closed period for leave. The selection process should be complete by the end of the preceding October each year.

The granting of leave must always be subject to operational requirements and fairness of allocation. Employees who wish to exchange between themselves periods of leave already signed for will be able to do so, with the agreement of the Staff Resourcing Manager in Mail Centres or the line manager in other operational units.

Prior to annual leave signing, the Staff Resourcing Manager in Mail Centres and the line manager in other operational units, will have discretion to grant specific requests for particular periods of leave from individual employees based on their exceptional and unavoidable personal circumstances. This will include meeting the commitments of employees new to the unit where they join with holidays already arranged, without disadvantaging existing staff with agreed leave already allocated.

[SpacePhoenix]

As a rule of thumb from the start of the first full week in Dec through to the end of xmas eve is generally closed all all leave at every MC and DO