Any reason not to start new job while using up annual leave from old job?

Lone_Northern_Lass

I was on sick leave for 3 months last year. My finances are still recovering. I've been offered a new job and am currently at the sorting out DBS checks / references / occ health clearance stage. I have masses of annual leave to use up in my current job. I was thinking of asking current employer to pay me annual leave owing as part of my final payslip (which I think you can do?). However, my manager mentioned that maybe I'd want to use my leave at the end of my notice period in order to create a break between finishing current job and starting new one. This got me thinking - is there any reason I can't start the new job whilst using up the old job's leave?

E.G.
Give in 1 month's notice for current job on 2nd Feb, so I'll officially finish the job on 2nd March.
Work til 11th Feb in current job, then go on annual leave in current job 12th Feb - 2nd March.
Start new job on 16th Feb.
Get paid wages for both jobs between 16th Feb and 2nd March.

Typing this out, I'm wondering if it might cause problems tax-wise?

Any thoughts?

InsideInsurance

The issue is nothing to do with tax, you just put on your P46 (or whatever they call its replacement) that this is a second job as legally you will have a short period with the two.

The risk is more if something happens that requires you to go back into work for the original job and thus meaning you need to be in two places at the same time.

If you dont use up your holiday before you leave you will still get paid for it when you leave so you could hand your notice in tomorrow so you end on the 22nd February and only have the 16th - 22nd as overlap and then you have worked more days your final paycheque will be bigger still because you're unused holiday are paid.

Ideally dont risk any overlap and get all 15 days or whatever it is holiday as cash when you end on the 22nd

specialboy

Whilst on leave you are still technically employed so your origonal employer may have something o say about it.

JimmyTheWig

InsideInsurance wrote: »

you could hand your notice in tomorrow

Not ideal as they haven't been through DBS, etc, yet.

GothicStirling

My experience is that when you finish a job you receive any outstanding holiday in with your last pay. I cannot imagine any employer giving you holiday after completing your notice period. Why not just put your holiday pay in your final wage aside, while having a couple of weeks off?

InsideInsurance

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Not ideal as they haven't been through DBS, etc, yet.

Could rather than should.

I've always been more bullish and handed in resignations etc prior to referencing/ credit checking/ CRB etc but then firstly I am confident they are all fine and secondly they happen fairly often for me and I know whats changed in the last 12-24 months.

Based on the OPs post I assumed there was already a start date in which case the later they leave to resign the more issues it could create. CRB is not a legal requirement for my job just the standard way of meeting requirements of ensuring employees are fit and proper. A couple of times the check has taken longer than it should and in each of those cases it came through after already having started work.

I know an associate who was in a similar situation but it was a requirement for their job and they still started on the agreed date but were on restricted duties until the check came through.