One of your employees is on long-term sickness absence and their sick pay entitlement has now run out. Do they continue to accrue statutory holiday entitlement even though they are not at work nor
receiving any sick pay?
Published 07.11.2022
An employee’s holiday plans have fallen apart due to the pandemic. They’ve asked to cancel their previously booked annual leave and take this time off at a later date. Must you agree?
Published 08.04.2020
One of your employees will soon be taking a two-week holiday. During that time it would be really helpful if they could deal with any urgent queries. Can you ask them to still be available for work
on this basis?
Published 01.06.2017
An employee has booked annual leave that they’re due to take next week. For whatever reason their plans have changed and they want to cancel this time off at the last minute. Must you agree?
Published 18.05.2018
An employee has returned to work after a week’s holiday abroad. Unfortunately, they were struck down with a bug on their arrival and weren’t able to enjoy the sun, sea and sand. Must you
automatically recredit their holiday?
Published 20.09.2023
You’ve received a holiday request form which has “holiday already booked” written across it. However, you can’t accommodate this request as you already have too many employees on annual leave then.
Where do you stand?
Published 04.05.2023
Employees were recently handed the right to interrupt a period of paid annual leave and defer it to a later date if they fall sick, or are injured, during that time. Oh dear - is this as bad as it
sounds?
Published 28.08.2012
An employee is due to start ten days’ annual leave shortly. However, they’ve just presented you with a fit note which says “no work for four weeks”. What should that period of time now be classed as:
sickness absence or holiday?
Published 11.06.2013
Due to the way the bank holidays fall in April and May 2017, many employees will be able to take 18 consecutive days off work using nine days’ holiday. If this doesn’t suit you, can you say “no”?
Published 13.01.2017
A subscriber has an employee who called in sick a day before he was due to take a week’s annual leave. He’s now returned to work and wants to treat the whole period as sick leave. How should they
deal with this?
Published 24.04.2006