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Day off/holiday quandary!!!

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banner18
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Day off/holiday quandary!!!

Post by banner18 »

Just wanted to see if anyone has an answer to my dilemma?

I have booked a holiday later in the year, going on a friday night. My day off is saturday that week, then the following week I'm on leave. Just heard that delivery methods are coming in asap and will probably be in before I go on holiday. So I am thinking I will be unlikely to get the same saturday off on any new duty, once all the new duties are in. The question is, am I entitled to the saturday off regardless? I've looked at that week and it is fully booked so no option to book the saturday as a holiday.
My first thoughts are that I am entitled to it, providing I take it as leave, but I can see the manager saying something like, 'you knew these changes were coming before you booked the holiday, you shouldn't have assumed you had that day off'. This is true, but I just figured that the managers have constantly been saying that del methods were coming in over the past few years, so I stopped taking any notice.

Thanks in advance for any advice!! :dance
fishtank
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Re: Day off/holiday quandary!!!

Post by fishtank »

You have a pre-booked commitment.
You booked it on good faith based on the situation you are in now.
You cannot book a holiday on what might be.
If your manager doesn't honour it,he/she is an arse and deserves a grievance.
Try the softly,softly first...then the nasty stuff.
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Judgee
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Re: Day off/holiday quandary!!!

Post by Judgee »

Don't think they have to honour days off as long as they give you sufficient notice of the change, but they are supposed to honour pre-booked holidays!

Try begging, if that doesn't work threaten them with violence! :wink:
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Throgg
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Location: Glasgow

Re: Day off/holiday quandary!!!

Post by Throgg »

We're due to change over to P&L in the next couple of months, management have said they will honour commitments made on days off throughout the year as long as you give them notice before the changes are made. Try and negotiate with the DOM