Holiday entitlement

[Chr1sch]

Hi all,

Just wanted to ask a quick question,

Can an employer dictate when you can/cannot take holiday?

I.E Policy dictates you cannot miss certain weeks due to conferences etc

Thanks

Chris

[CHIEF]

Not sure but i think so.

I had to take a week of my holidays recently because we were quiet at work.

[johnfm]

Depends on your contract. More often than not you need to 'request' holiday - otherwise companies may not be able to trade if everyone takes holiday at the same time.


Read your contract.

[Don]

Chr1sch said:

Hi all,

Just wanted to ask a quick question,

Can an employer dictate when you can/cannot take holiday?

I.E Policy dictates you cannot miss certain weeks due to conferences etc

Thanks

Chris

Yes they most certainly can. The conditions with respect to when you can and cannot take holiday and what procedures you must follow in order to book it, and what the cancellation policy is will be in your "Employee Handbook" (or similar) and will either be written into your contract or the document that describes holiday policy will be referenced in it.

So go check what your firm requires of you.

[Don]

johnfm said:

Depends on your contract. More often than not you need to 'request' holiday - otherwise companies may not be able to trade if everyone takes holiday at the same time.

You also get factory shutdowns when everyone HAS to take two week's holiday all at the same time! TVR used to do that. Plenty of other factories do...

[M400 NBL]

Don said:

johnfm said:

Depends on your contract. More often than not you need to 'request' holiday - otherwise companies may not be able to trade if everyone takes holiday at the same time.

You also get factory shutdowns when everyone HAS to take two week's holiday all at the same time! TVR used to do that. Plenty of other factories do...

We have 2 shutdowns a year which means some employees have to use 10 or 11 days/year when it suits the company. But at least they know roughly when to expect this.

It depends on the job and what is written in the company handook.