What is 'reasonable' refusal of annual leave?

LittleVoice

smallpurplepill wrote: »

The handbook/T&C just has quite a general statement that holiday will be approved or denied as the case may be based on business need etc and giving the periods which notification needs to be given in advance of (which are longer than the "twice as long as the holiday" mentioned above, I wonder if there is any significance in this)

The "twice as long as the holiday" notice is taken from the 1998 Working Time Regulations.

BTW it is often helpful to give rather longer notice as that allows for work schedules to be worked out to accommodate requests!

jackomdj

If I was your friend I would, at the begining of the holiday year go in & state "I would like to spread my holiday this year, can we work out when would be OK to take it" & get it signed off then. As a previous poster stated this is throwing the ball back to the employer but telling them that you won't take it at the end of the year.

xbrenx

smallpurplepill wrote: »

There is a similar rule to the one you suggested (no more than x% of people off from any section at once - which is fair enough) but in her section people have already given notice and left (maybe due to workload, I don't know!) with unfilled vacancies that look unlikely to be filled due to "the economy" etc, so that the section is already that x% "down" on recruited people.

Surely it has to be a percentage of the people actually employed?