can boss make me use holidays for xmas day and boxing day ?

loopy_lass

hi does any one know if my boss can (without my permission and no discussion taking place) use some of my holidays to cover xmas day, boxing day and new years day when we were closed ...?

thanks loops

Anihilator

Of course he can

jdturk

Your company can tell you when to take your holiday (inc bank holiday allowance) so in short....yes

jdturk

the only thing to bear in mind is that if you would not normally working on those days such as Boxing day which was a saturday then I would have thought you would get a day in lieu for this

Anihilator

Boxing day wasnt actually a bank holiday this year. Instead the monday was.

loopy_lass

ok thanks, was just wondering where my holidays had gone, she says they taken for xmas day, and sorry you are right it was the monday.

this is fine as long as i know its all above board, just wish they would have told us!.. thanks for your replys...

loops

jdturk

Anihilator wrote: »

Boxing day wasnt actually a bank holiday this year. Instead the monday was.

Not if you worked saturdays and not Mondays, as far as contracts your sat stayed as a bank holiday

Anihilator

jdturk wrote: »

Not if you worked saturdays and not Mondays, as far as contracts your sat stayed as a bank holiday

Any source for this?

Any employer I have ever worked for has when an employees working days didnt coincide with a bank holiday pro rata'd them onto the holiday entitlement then deducted days for any bank holidays actually taken. The rest could be taken whenever.

If the OP's day off was monday I would expect that the saturday would be seen as a normal working day/holiday and not a bank holiday.

anamenottaken

loopy_lass wrote: »

hi does any one know if my boss can (without my permission and no discussion taking place) use some of my holidays to cover xmas day, boxing day and new years day when we were closed ...?

thanks loops

They can tell you when you must take holidays - but they should tell you in advance, not in arrears. You will probably find something in your written particulars of employment which cover this.

jdturk

Anihilator wrote: »

Any source for this?

Any employer I have ever worked for has when an employees working days didnt coincide with a bank holiday pro rata'd them onto the holiday entitlement then deducted days for any bank holidays actually taken. The rest could be taken whenever.

If the OP's day off was monday I would expect that the saturday would be seen as a normal working day/holiday and not a bank holiday.

And they get that holiday into their total for the year....it all works the same

loopy_lass

hi, thanks for info, my days off that particular week were saturday and sunday, so i was due back in on the monday. im happy knowing she can do this, so wont think anymore of it...

thanks everyone.

loops