my missus has just told me that the company she works for have "told" her to have her 4 of her 5 weeks allocated holiday to be booked by the end of this month otherwise THEY will allocate her dates now am i being naive or is the bollox and they cant tell her when to take HER annual leave ??

any info appreciated ( and it doesnt state anything in her contract)

Scott

 

Does this help mate?

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg...3858926&r.s=sc



Martin

 

As far as i know, i'm afraid they are ALLOWED to do this. I had to do the same when i worked for HMPS, so cover could be arranged in advance. Sooooo fookin annoying but didn't have a choice in the matter. Worse for those who didn't get their holidays in though!

 

To be honest i thought they were allowed to do it too,

 

oh well just sounded weird to me but havin worked in a non normal setup for so long i wasnt sure , will have to get lookin at the calender now to book some dates

 

If she chooses the dates she wnats now and can get them it shouldn't be an issue Scott ? Banks do the same mate...............book your holidays for 2007 in 2002....................

 

cheers everyone
stu -...............book your holidays for 2007 in 2002....................

as i said my last place i got a week off every so often and it was all flexible holiday wise and having worked there nearly 8 yrs i was a bit unawares to how it normally worked

 

Everywhere i've ever worked you are allowed to book your holidays as and when you want but for some companys i suppose they want to sort out the cover as soon as?

 

they tried that at our place .. we all told them to grow up and get a life ...
we have to give a min of 1 months notice for time off but they are flexible now ...
you might be able to argue the fact that had she been made aware of this earlier last year she could have planned it easily .
but if it does not say anything in her contract you might have a leg to stand on.

 

Most places are not that strict BUT... they can do it if they want.

CPW dont let people take holiday in Nov and DEC and anything over 7 days must have 4 weeks notice minimum.

My current company- I tell em how it is.. LOL

Jake

 

We get our annual leave allocated to us - can't see the problem really, especially when there are people always willing to swap a date or two