Leave left over - not allowed to carry over but cant take it

Traceyg

At the NHS Trust where I work if you are off sick you are entitled to carry over a week annual leave, in exceptional circumstances they will allow more to be carried over, a lot of staff use their annual leave up to do a phased return to work.

Has your wife had a copy of the annual leave policy? She should now also get hold of a copy of the maternity leave policy to as it will state in that what happens to annual leave while on maternity. Ask her to have a look on the Trust intranet, ours have all policies on line for us to look at.

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Traceyg wrote: »

At the NHS Trust where I work if you are off sick you are entitled to carry over a week annual leave, in exceptional circumstances they will allow more to be carried over, a lot of staff use their annual leave up to do a phased return to work.

Has your wife had a copy of the annual leave policy? She should now also get hold of a copy of the maternity leave policy to as it will state in that what happens to annual leave while on maternity. Ask her to have a look on the Trust intranet, ours have all policies on line for us to look at.

Yes. Just got copy of both docs.

Trouble is that past experience shows that the dept thinks the rules/law doesnt apply to them and they get away with it because no-one kicks up a fuss.

TJT87

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Nick_C

I'm astonished that after being off work sick for some months, she wants to take more paid time off. That's whats wrong with our public services.

guesswho2000

Nick_C wrote: »

I'm astonished that after being off work sick for some months, she wants to take more paid time off. That's whats wrong with our public services.

What a ridiculous statement. So you're saying that if you'd been off sick, you'd be perfectly happy to forfeit your annual leave? It's got nothing to do with it being a public service.

zzzLazyDaisy

Nick_C wrote: »

I'm astonished that after being off work sick for some months, she wants to take more paid time off. That's whats wrong with our public services.

The law makes a clear distinction between sick leave and annual leave. All employees are entitled to a minimum number of days annual leave under the WTR and WTD. This applies irrespective of whether the employee has has a period of sick leave during the leave year. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that she works for a public service.

Nick_C

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that she works for a public service.

It has everything to do with the attitude prevalent amongst many workers in the public services. If I was off sick for 3 months I wouldn't expect to take a holiday on top of that.

Yes, there is an entitlement, but ask not what my country can do for me, but what I can do for my country.

Of course, not all public sector employees have this attitude, and I know many people who take annual leave if they are feeling under the weather instead of "taking a sickie".

Nick_C

guesswho2000 wrote: »

So you're saying that if you'd been off sick, you'd be perfectly happy to forfeit your annual leave?

Correct. .

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Nick_C wrote: »

I'm astonished that after being off work sick for some months, she wants to take more paid time off. That's whats wrong with our public services.

Because its the law. Nothing to do with being a public service - its a job to which the law of the land applies.

Or do you think people who work in the public sector should go to work for free?

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Nick_C wrote: »

It has everything to do with the attitude prevalent amongst many workers in the public services. If I was off sick for 3 months I wouldn't expect to take a holiday on top of that.

Yes, there is an entitlement, but ask not what my country can do for me, but what I can do for my country.

Of course, not all public sector employees have this attitude, and I know many people who take annual leave if they are feeling under the weather instead of "taking a sickie".

So just because you work for a public service you should be treated differently and, in effect, do things for free?

I assume you don't work in public service then. But, assuming you work for a private company, its ok to take sick time off when you're ill?