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Holiday Entitlement
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Can anyone help with this .....
I work shifts in an office covering a support desk.
2 of the guys I work with have partners who are due to give birth soon (1 in the next few weeks, the other in about a month or 2's time)
Now the bosses have decided that for a 6 week period in each case (2 weeks prior to the due date and 4 after) no one in the department can take holiday just incase there's a shortfall in shift cover .....
So that's a 12 weeks when none of us can take holiday at all ...
Are they allowed to do this ?
I've tried hunting around but all I can find is paternity/maternity entitlement rights ...
Any info/help would be appreciated ...
I work shifts in an office covering a support desk.
2 of the guys I work with have partners who are due to give birth soon (1 in the next few weeks, the other in about a month or 2's time)
Now the bosses have decided that for a 6 week period in each case (2 weeks prior to the due date and 4 after) no one in the department can take holiday just incase there's a shortfall in shift cover .....
So that's a 12 weeks when none of us can take holiday at all ...
Are they allowed to do this ?
I've tried hunting around but all I can find is paternity/maternity entitlement rights ...
Any info/help would be appreciated ...
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If its impossible for you all to take the leave in the holiday year then your employer is breaking the law, but if you can take the leave in the holiday year then its fine. My employer restricts the amount of people who can be off at any one time, and most employers do.
What are the currnent leave arrangements for people being off. Do you have a set number of staff allowed off at any one time? If these babies go to term, then there will only be one person off. If your company allows two off at a time, then again, you have reason to query their decision.
Something else to consider is how much notice you have been given about this. If you haven't been given much notice, and had already booked a holiday, you would have grounds to be aggrieved.
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