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
With the summer holiday season fast approaching, annual leave requests are flooding in. What’s the story if you turn down a request but the employee announces that he’s taking the time off anyway?
Published 03.06.2005
Many employees call in “sick” only to post a comment on Facebook which spills the beans about what they’re really up to. How do you tackle this problem and decide whether it’s fraudulent sickness
absence?
Published 19.11.2010
An employee has sent an e-mail saying they’ll be a few days late returning to work from annual leave as their flight back to the UK has been cancelled. As they say it’s not their fault, what should
you do now?
Published 21.09.2018
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
An employee was due back from holiday at the beginning of the week. However, they didn’t turn up or make contact. If there’s no sign of them by Friday, can you assume they’ve quit and terminate their
employment?
Published 22.09.2014
An employee has taken a number of unauthorised absences over the past few weeks. Each time they’ve trotted out a different, but plausible, excuse. However, you can’t let this situation continue, so
what’s the answer?
Published 29.01.2013
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
Apparently, there has been a sharp rise in job ghosting. This is where an employee disappears without any notice or contact. If it looks like you’ve been ghosted by one of your employees, how should
you handle it?
Published 15.01.2019
It’s been suggested that you shut down completely between Christmas and New Year to give everyone a break. If an employee doesn’t have enough holiday to cover this period, can you force them to take
unpaid leave instead?
Published 01.10.2021