Help - Purchased annual leave no longer showing

[lingam]

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[TrueBlueTerrier]

Hi, i've been employed by Royal Mail since 2009 and I signed up to purchase additional annual leave way back somewhere around 2011.

I have always had 6 weeks holiday because of this. Now my manager is saying that i don't have purchased holiday showing on the system.

The system shows that I have 129.15 hrs entitlement. I am on a 27.3 hour contract.

I have never cancelled my purchased annual leave. Does anybody know what might have happened? Did royal mail stop the POAL scheme??

Thanks in advance

Has POAL been deducted from your pay - it should appear on the pay slip. It has done so on mine since they changed to the new slips.

[lingam]

Actually no it isn' t there. I can't find it on any of my recent payslips.

[lingam]

Hi, i've been employed by Royal Mail since 2009 and I signed up to purchase additional annual leave way back somewhere around 2011.

I have always had 6 weeks holiday because of this. Now my manager is saying that i don't have purchased holiday showing on the system.

The system shows that I have 129.15 hrs entitlement. I am on a 27.3 hour contract.

I have never cancelled my purchased annual leave. Does anybody know what might have happened? Did royal mail stop the POAL scheme??

Thanks in advance

Has POAL been deducted from your pay - it should appear on the pay slip. It has done so on mine since they changed to the new slips.

I found a letter confirming my application to purchase additional leave which is from 2014. Looks like it ran out at the end of that holiday year. I was getting mixed up with paternity leave leading me to think I got 6 weeks during some years since then. That explains it.

Still I don't think they should have cancelled my POAL without consulting me

[ted_e_bear]

Hi, i've been employed by Royal Mail since 2009 and I signed up to purchase additional annual leave way back somewhere around 2011.

I have always had 6 weeks holiday because of this. Now my manager is saying that i don't have purchased holiday showing on the system.

The system shows that I have 129.15 hrs entitlement. I am on a 27.3 hour contract.

I have never cancelled my purchased annual leave. Does anybody know what might have happened? Did royal mail stop the POAL scheme??

Thanks in advance

Has POAL been deducted from your pay - it should appear on the pay slip. It has done so on mine since they changed to the new slips.

I found a letter confirming my application to purchase additional leave which is from 2014. Looks like it ran out at the end of that holiday year. I was getting mixed up with paternity leave leading me to think I got 6 weeks during some years since then. That explains it.

Still I don't think they should have cancelled my POAL without consulting me

No they shouldn't, for me it was ongoing for about 15 years until I'd reached 20 years service at which point it stopped automatically, having said that I wonder if the systems changed or when you start it you can specify for how long you want it to run.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

No its open ended you have to tell them you want it stopped. Until you reach 20 years service that is.

However some years ago they did change the process of how they charge for it. Its possible that due to human error yours never got started.

If you haven't paid POAL for a few years but have been getting the extra holiday then I suppose it balances out.

However, you can apply now or before Feb 21, for POAL for the year 21 - 22.

You probably could push this, but you might have t pay a lot back in POAL. I think you have a decision to make.