Time off for appointments?

LadyMissA

heretolearn wrote: »

I suspect it's the lack of notice even though it's a regular scheduled check-up that has caused the problem.

For half a days holiday you only need to request that 1 day before

bap98189

LadyMissA wrote: »

For half a days holiday you only need to request that 1 day before

What a load of rubbish? All leave is at the discretion of the employer. Nobody has the right to demand leave on a particular date no matter how much notice they give.

LadyMissA

bap98189 wrote: »

What a load of rubbish? All leave is at the discretion of the employer. Nobody has the right to demand leave on a particular date no matter how much notice they give.

the poster said 'I suspect it's the lack of notice'

If the OP has given enough notice then its not lack of notice.

I am sorry as I didn't realise the employer can stop you taking all leave

DD265

heretolearn wrote: »

I suspect it's the lack of notice even though it's a regular scheduled check-up that has caused the problem.

Normally I'd be inclined to agree but it's more likely to be that as a result of me being off today, my employer has been monitoring my team and found specific things for me to do later in the week. Whether that specifically requires me to be there for those two hours I don't know, but it's refused now so I'm going to have to cancel the appointment regardless.

As far as requesting holiday early, as soon as I know the dates I want I request them. Infact I got told I was being silly by requesting holiday for April during September/October. In this particular instance, I didn't think I needed the day off so of course I didn't ask. I asked as soon as I knew.

If I'd remembered about the appointment, rather than having today off I would've taken Wednesday and had my car done on the same day as the dentist. Unfortunately, I only found out this morning. But at least I didn't miss my appointment completely. :rotfl:

Now I just need them to get back to me about the alternative appointment so I can get something sorted out. Otherwise there will end up being a repeat of the same. :silenced:

DD265

LadyMissA wrote: »

the poster said 'I suspect it's the lack of notice'

If the OP has given enough notice then its not lack of notice.

So you are saying the employer can stop you taking holiday at all

They can refuse holiday requests based on the needs of the company if the grounds are reasonable. They cannot stop you from taking holiday at all as you are legally entitled to a certain amount of holiday, and I'm not sure just how far they can go in telling you when to take it.

I don't know what would happen if an employee wanted to dispute when they could take holiday (for example if an employer said to take it all in the months of June and July, and none for the rest of the year), but I suspect that it would come down to a like it or leave kind of scenario.

LadyMissA

DD265 wrote: »

They can refuse holiday requests based on the needs of the company if the grounds are reasonable. They cannot stop you from taking holiday at all as you are legally entitled to a certain amount of holiday, and I'm not sure just how far they can go in telling you when to take it.

I don't know what would happen if an employee wanted to dispute when they could take holiday (for example if an employer said to take it all in the months of June and July, and none for the rest of the year), but I suspect that it would come down to a like it or leave kind of scenario.

I was talking about the time period that was reasonable to give notice to the employer that you wanted time off, not that you would get it
A company can say you cant take anything for the whole year if they wanted and just tell you to take it all in one month or anything that they wanted.

heretolearn_2

re amount of notice required, IF there is no stated notice in the contract/terms of employment/company procedures etc, then the default statutory notice you have to give is twice the amount of leave requested, so yes, for half a day you need to give one day's notice. This is only if the company doesn't state it's own rules anywhere, and of course they don't have to say yes anyway.