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Millymeg
Millymeg Posts: 1 Newbie
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My normal working hours are 0800 to 1700 Monday to Friday, but we are allowed to start at 0730 to 1700 Monday to Thursday which allows me to finish at 1200 on Fridays due to the extra half hour Mon to Friday. If i want to take Friday morning as leave, I must submit a leave request for a whole day even though i normally finish 1200 on Fridays. do you think this is correct?
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  • TadleyBaggie
    TadleyBaggie Posts: 6,056 Forumite
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    Almost certainly.
  • spadoosh
    spadoosh Posts: 8,732 Forumite
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    Yes assuming youre booking a full week. It would cause complications should you only wish to book a friday. I suspect a word with the person who authorises holidays would clear how they would want you to take an individual day though.
  • marliepanda
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    How does working 2.5 hours more get you 5 hours on a Friday! I need me that job...
  • ohreally
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    Yes.......
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  • Snow_white
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    Yes. I would say it does I'm afraid.
  • Oakdene
    Oakdene Posts: 2,560 Forumite
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    Yup, we have something similar here, on a Friday we finish at 2 instead of 5 but we use a whole days leave for a Friday.
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  • nicechap
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    Would you use more than a days leave if you wanted Monday off?
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  • Masomnia
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    I don't think it's correct.

    But as above if you booked a Monday off they'd still take one day off even though you do a longer day. So they obviously just think it works out more or less so it's fine. Lazy and bad practice, but not sure there's much you can do about it.
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  • Xbigman
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    Its perfectly correct.

    From an employers perspective it is madness to work holidays out by hours in these circumstances. Fridays would be swamped in holiday requests. Someone willing to book all Fridays off could work a 4 day week most of the year.


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  • LittleVoice
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    I work with someone who works 8 hours on Mondays and Fridays and 4 hours on Tuesdays to Thursdays, so 28 hours a week (5.6 hours being a theoretical average day though a shift is never this length). This is their permanently contracted hours, not an option of flexitime.
    They have to be replaced with other separately paid staff when they take holiday and can't understand why the company wants to deduct 16 hours rather than 11.2 hours from their holiday entitlement when they have a long weekend by taking both a Friday and Monday off. Are they correct?
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