Holiday Entitlement

[JeniPeni]

My husbands employer won't allow him a long weekend later on in the year unless my husband can get another employee to cover his on-call. Is this allowed?

[bednobs]

yes, the employer can specify when the employee takes all their holiday if they want

[squarebear]

Perfectly acceptable I'm afraid.

[China Doll]

Yes. I can't go on holiday unless certain people are in the office to cover me.

[McMouse]

Perfectly reasonable........happens all the time.

[jd_1984]

Employer can stipulate when holiday entitlement is taken. What they can not do is prevent you from using your full allocation, but leave requests can be denied and a shift swap favoured if the employer sees fit.

[JeniPeni]

Thanks very much for all your replies - although, not what I wanted to read, unfortunately! Thanks again.