As Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve fall on a Monday it’s been suggested you close on those days. If any staff don’t have enough holiday left to cover these dates, can you force them to take unpaid
leave?
Published 26.11.2018
You want to shut down on the Friday between Christmas and New Year to give everyone a five-day break. Can you insist that staff take this day off as annual leave and what if they don’t have any
holiday left?
Published 11.12.2019
Under new rules, employees can carry certain holiday forward for up to two years if they’ve not been able to take it due to coronavirus. To prevent this, could you pay them in lieu for that holiday
instead?
Published 22.06.2020
You’ve decided to shut down between Christmas and New Year to give staff a well-deserved break. However, one employee doesn’t have enough holiday left to cover this period. Can they use days from
next year’s holiday entitlement?
Published 31.10.2023
Apparently, one in every 20 workers claims that they don’t receive any paid holiday entitlement. What must your business give its employees by law and are you obliged to give consultants any paid
holiday?
Published 30.10.2019
If an employee asks to take holiday during their notice period, you can refuse their request. But what if you want them to take some or all of their unused annual leave entitlement during their
notice period - is this possible?
Published 31.08.2022
Despite the summer months being a prime time for holidays, over 50% of employees choose not to take their full annual leave entitlement. If this happens, must you pay them in lieu for any untaken
leave?
Published 12.06.2018
A flexible bank holidays scheme can help you to create a more inclusive workplace and may assist with staff recruitment and retention. How do these schemes operate and what should you consider before
deciding whether to introduce one?
Published 01.05.2024
More and more small businesses are offering staff unlimited holiday. Is it really a sensible idea and if not, what other options are available if you wanted to extend entitlement?
Published 17.05.2019
An employee who’s gone off sick has accrued a stack of paid annual leave as they’ve hardly taken any time off in the past year. Can you insist that they use their paid holiday entitlement instead of
taking sickness absence?
Published 23.02.2021