employers and holidays

[killerman]

Can anybody tell me if it legal for your employer to allocate all your holidays a year in advance and not give you any time off during the school summer holidays?

[dzug]

Alas I believe it is.

[SaxyJag]

Certainly, when I worked in factories, we had to take the holidays the bosses said, unless in very exceptional circumstances, and even then it was without pay. Likewise, school employees can't take holidays in term time.

My sister works for a new car dealership, and I know that only so many staff are allowed to be on holidays when the new registrations come out - there it's just first come, first serve.

I think the law only dictates how much leave an employer is allowed to give you. When he or she lets you take it is a different matter. I mean, what if Santa took all his leave at Christmas? ;-)

[sponsmith]

Absolute nonsense.
You have to give your employer twice the time you want to yake off in notice. So if you want to take one days holiday, then you need to give two days notice. If everyone decides to go away at the same time, then that is the employers problem.

[Ethel]

If the employer does not consent to you taking a particular time off work, and you do not work, you will not be paid and could be put on written warning.

Keep doing it, or do it for long enough, and you could be sacked.

[CheekyChops]

sponsmith, you are talking rubbish.

Employers CAN specify the times that annual leave is to be taken. See the DTI website Here.

[THECORBYLOON]

This gives guidance on the law regarding leave. sponsmith the notice to be given is as you say twice the length of the leave requested but you neglect to say the employer can REFUSE it as long as he/she gives notice not less than the time off requested. I'm sure you would not appreciate it if yir boss let everyone take leave and expected you to cope alone.....

[THECORBYLOON]

CC I could have sworn yir post wasn't there when I posted ma bit but then again, Brenda The Elephant was distracting me......