Term time school holiday fines. Self employed exemption?

[scdan4]

Some time ago, when these fines came in I looked into it in some depth (as it is very relevant to us) and I am sure that I discovered a suggested exemption in the guidelines along the line of...

If you employ people with children, who have to holiday in the school holiday times (to avoid the fines) then as the employer you had an exemption as you were unable to holiday in the school holidays, because you were covering your staffs holidays in the holidays.


But now I can't find hide nor hair of it on the internet and I am beginning to think I may have dreamt it. Nothing on the dot gov website (but can't find any guidance notes there at all) and most of my googling is a sea of media stories which are not relevant.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks

Dan

[scdan4]

Would rather play it straight if we can.

We're a seasonal business at our busiest in the summer school hols. Most (not all) of our employees have school age kids and of course they have first dibs on holiday. Getting away in summer, easter or any of the associated half terms just won't be possible. Our daughter is just starting in school this sept, so we may have 14 years of this.

It is also a local school, a small community and my daughter has an exceedingly loud mouth. I suspect we would be rumbled very quickly!

[scdan4]

^ ^

Thats the badger, thank you.

I did't remember the service personnel bit though, but we definitely fit the unable to take "leave" part of the statement.

Hopefully it will sway our "case" though.