Holidays after maternity leave

leereni wrote: »

My partner will be going on maternity leave in approximately 2 months and intends on taking 9 months.

My question relates to her taking her holiday entitlement after the maternity leave finishes. What if she requests to take the annual leave at the end of the maternity leave, if she gives them notice say 7-8 months in advance are they obliged to gran her the leave?

Also, if she was to resign after to end her contract at the end of the maternity leave are they obliged to grant her that annual leave which is owed to her?

Hi

An employee must give notice to her employer when she wishes to take holiday. The notice period must be at least twicethe period of the leave to be taken. For example, if a worker wants to take three days' leave, she must give her employer at least six days' prior notice.

An employer can refuse the employee permission to take the leave if the employee has given notice that she wishes to take leave. To do so, he must give the employee a counter-notice that he is prohibiting the worker from taking the leave. This notice must be given the same number of days in advance of the start of the proposed leave as the number of days' leave requested.

You may wish to look at the Maternity Action website www.maternityaction.org.uk They have an adviceline service and a range of useful fact sheets.