How many holidays can you CARRY Forward, to the following year?

Ashles

getmore4less wrote: »

The employment acts cover this in some detail.

5.6 weeks statutory minimum from April 2009( was 4.8 from Oct 2007)
equivilent to 28 days for a full timer of 5 or more days.

can include the Bank holidays(no statutory right to those particular days).

4 weeks must be taken 1.6 weeks can be carried over for a max of one year. Cannot be paid in lieu must be taken or carried over.


Loads of references on line to support this, time you brought yourself upto date.

here is thactual cat that changed the holidays to 5.6 in April 2009

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2079/contents/made

Needs to be read in conjuction with the original act and other amendments

I am not reading it that way. I understood that to be a part of the transition stage:
"The Government also proposes to provide a transitional period until 1 April 2009, during which payment in lieu of the additional leave entitlement may be made. The Government also proposes to give an incentive for early compliance by excluding from the regulations those employers that give their staff, by contract, at least 5.6 weeks’ (or 28 days which ever is the lesser) annual leave, provided that payment in lieu of that leave is not permitted and any unused entitlement (above four weeks’) may be carried over for a maximum of one year. "

I can see where it says the regulations permit holiday to be carried over, but not that this is any sort of right.

I have worked in several places where the policy was no holiday to be carried over, except when authorised by management.

InsideInsurance

Currently dont get any holiday so can carry both all of them and none forward.

At my last employee place you were routinely able to carry 5 forward and any more than that had to have sub-divisional director approval

Personally preferred my very first employer who didnt allow you to carry any forward but instead paid you in lieu of holiday in your January payslip

themull1

10 days carried over, pro rata for part timers.

DCFC79

In answer to the thread title its all down to each individual employer if they allow holiday to be carried over or not. My last job I remember being allowed to carry over 5 days (think i had 5 days left anyway), not even sure how/why I hadn't used them. Current employer the policy is use or lose it which is quite fair.

Im also interested to know where jamie carter gets his info from regarding employment law as it seems other posters disagree with him.

Charityworker

My employer pays me for the days I haven't taken as holiday. But I don't know if this is right?

MissSarah1972

Charityworker wrote: »

My employer pays me for the days I haven't taken as holiday. But I don't know if this is right?

You can not be paid for any holiday untaken as they have to allow you to take it.

baloo

Has the hullaballoo died down??? A quick question from me then - my husband has holidays left over because every time he asks for time off he is told that too many people are off then and his request is denied. He has now been told that he has to use his one weeks hols that he has remaining a day at a time when no one else is off or else he will forfeit them.

paddedjohn

baloo wrote: »

Has the hullaballoo died down??? A quick question from me then - my husband has holidays left over because every time he asks for time off he is told that too many people are off then and his request is denied. He has now been told that he has to use his one weeks hols that he has remaining a day at a time when no one else is off or else he will forfeit them.

Unfortunately as long as he is allowed the time off the employer is doing nothing wrong. Maybe he should try and pre-book next years hols in January to beat the rush.

getmore4less

Ashles wrote: »

I am not reading it that way. I understood that to be a part of the transition stage:
"The Government also proposes to provide a transitional period until 1 April 2009, during which payment in lieu of the additional leave entitlement may be made. The Government also proposes to give an incentive for early compliance by excluding from the regulations those employers that give their staff, by contract, at least 5.6 weeks’ (or 28 days which ever is the lesser) annual leave, provided that payment in lieu of that leave is not permitted and any unused entitlement (above four weeks’) may be carried over for a maximum of one year. "

I can see where it says the regulations permit holiday to be carried over, but not that this is any sort of right.

I have worked in several places where the policy was no holiday to be carried over, except when authorised by management.

Agree as all holidays are by approval.

A failure to approve all the holidays would only leave carry over as a legal option for the unused 1.6 weeks so cary over comes indirectly from them not allowing you to take them.

to enforce would require an ET so they may decide a different sanction.

Charityworker

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

You can not be paid for any holiday untaken as they have to allow you to take it.

My husband gets paid for the holiday he hasn't used as well and he works for a very large national company.