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Annual Leave/holiday
hi, in my job i have a 30 days annual leave a year PLUS bank holidays total (40 days) p.a. leave year runs from april to march
i was off sick in hospital from 1st april 2012 until i had a baby on 13th April 2013, upon which date my maternity leave started. Mat leave finished last week and i'm now taking all of the annual leave.
HR are telling me that because i was sick during Easter 2012, i can't add those days onto my leave as if you are sick on a bh you can't take it another time (as you can with annual levae)
is that right?
Ps i understand i'm quibbling over 1 day when i am in fact very lucky to have mat leave and so much leave and it probably sounds annoying to moan about the loss of 1 day
i was off sick in hospital from 1st april 2012 until i had a baby on 13th April 2013, upon which date my maternity leave started. Mat leave finished last week and i'm now taking all of the annual leave.
HR are telling me that because i was sick during Easter 2012, i can't add those days onto my leave as if you are sick on a bh you can't take it another time (as you can with annual levae)
is that right?
Ps i understand i'm quibbling over 1 day when i am in fact very lucky to have mat leave and so much leave and it probably sounds annoying to moan about the loss of 1 day
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This is interesting and I'm struggling to get my head around the issue.
If your holiday entitlement (inc bank holiday entitlement) was equal to the statutory minimum I think I would agree.
However where holidays comfortably exceed the statutory minimum it doesn't feel quite right to me that missed bank holidays (because of sickness) can be taken later. Ignoring the maternity issue (and I realise that maybe I shouldn't as it may be treated differently in law), if a male employee had planned to take a week off (including Christmas Day and Bank Holiday) and books 3 days' holidays over Christmas but is then certified sick for a week I'd have thought he could only claim 3 days' holiday back for later rather than claim an entitlement to a full week off later.
I don't know the answer but I feel it may not be as straightforward as has been suggested so far, but I'll be interested to see what others say and am happy to be shown to be wrong.
If your holiday entitlement (inc bank holiday entitlement) was equal to the statutory minimum I think I would agree.
However where holidays comfortably exceed the statutory minimum it doesn't feel quite right to me that missed bank holidays (because of sickness) can be taken later. Ignoring the maternity issue (and I realise that maybe I shouldn't as it may be treated differently in law), if a male employee had planned to take a week off (including Christmas Day and Bank Holiday) and books 3 days' holidays over Christmas but is then certified sick for a week I'd have thought he could only claim 3 days' holiday back for later rather than claim an entitlement to a full week off later.
I don't know the answer but I feel it may not be as straightforward as has been suggested so far, but I'll be interested to see what others say and am happy to be shown to be wrong.