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
Last minute holidays have become increasingly popular. But an employee can’t book one and then expect you to fall in with their eleventh hour plans. What’s the real deal here?
Published 29.06.2015
This year, to mark the occasion of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the late May Bank Holiday will move to Monday June 4. In addition, Tuesday June 5 is a “celebratory” bank holiday. But why should you
start planning for this now?
Published 10.04.2012
During April and May 2023 there are five bank holidays. If an employee goes off sick over one or more bank holidays, will they be entitled to compensatory holiday?
Published 23.02.2023
An employee recently submitted a holiday request which you rejected for legitimate business reasons. However, she’s now informed you that she will be taking that time off anyway. What should you do
now?
Published 23.05.2016
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, June 4 and 5 are bank holidays. Many employees have assumed they are automatically entitled to take both days off - but that’s not necessarily the case.
What’s the legal position?
Published 24.05.2012
An employee who recently took a day’s sickness absence has now requested to have that day classed as annual leave. Is this possible or should their reason for absence be recorded accurately?
Published 10.03.2016
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
Because of the way the dates fall, it’s been suggested that you close between Christmas and New Year. If an employee doesn’t have enough annual leave to cover this period, can you force them to take
the time off unpaid?
Published 03.11.2016
All workers are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday in each leave year. But what happens when a new employee starts work part-way through your leave year? How is their statutory holiday
entitlement calculated?
Published 30.08.2016