Purchase annual leave.

Post by **bustedflush** » 21 Sep 2016, 23:43

Yes, it's still available. If the DIM says otherwise he's BS-ing you.

peshwaarinaan · Post by **peshwaarinaan** » 23 Sep 2016, 11:26

It's well worth doing. I'm on a 20 hour contract and pay £6.71 per week.

HR got it wrong though. I have purchased 7.5 days when it should have been 6 as my leave entitlement is 18 days per annum.

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 27 Oct 2016, 11:21

k979aaa wrote:
themailman wrote:Our office has plenty people with 4-5 weeks they can't take due to it being refused every time they ask (accrued from long term sick leave).
However a few guys are allowed to buy extra leave every year

Just go sick I am sure they will be more than accommodating in taking it out of your annual leave!

Standard procedure in my Delivery Office. If you can't get that "Important Week" off (generally for Family Functions such as Weddings) then you go sick. When you come back the DOM normally says something like, "Do you want to take that as Holiday"? Same end result just a lot of messing about. I really do wish management would sort out the leave question.

It can often be more stressful than when they mess your overtime up! You can always get that Money later.....You can never get the Time, or Memories, back if you've missed something important!

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 27 Oct 2016, 11:27

GT_TDI_150 wrote:Hi
Im wanting to buy 2 weeks annual leave to take me up to 6 weeks.
Does anyone no the start and cut off date to apply to do this please.
Thanks.

Just bear in mind that if you purchase extra leave you "Should" wait until everyone else in the DO has selected their Normal Leave Allowance before you choose your "Extra" leave.

That's how it should work but if you're one of "The Chosen Few" you'll probably get away with it. We recently had an Argument in WTLL when discussing leave. A couple of my colleagues thought they should actually get "Priority" with choosing their extra leave, "Because we've actually paid for it"! Needless to say they were told to go forth and multiply!

madmax1 · Post by **madmax1** » 27 Oct 2016, 14:29

DGH · Post by **DGH** » 27 Oct 2016, 17:32

madmax1 wrote:Not 100% up on employment law, but I don't think anyone can prevent you taking ALL your leave entitlement in the current year. You can be REQUESTED to carry leave over, but not MADE to. As such if anyone is told they CAN'T take all their owed leave for ANY reason then that is against the law. Feel free to correct me if you know more than I do, but I'm pretty certain that the law trumps 'operational needs' 'too many off sick' etc.....

That's quite right. You have a contractual entitlement to your leave and a legal one to take all your leave within the current year unless both parties agree to it being carried over. Occasionally a higher manager will try and say only the statutory holiday needs to be allocated but they will crumple like wet lettuce in the face of a stiff letter requesting they honour the contract, or (if available) a robust approach from a union rep.