Colleagues unhappy with holiday form process

Another_not_new_user

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I do wish to go to church more, but my working hours prevent me.

I won't bother to approach management until forms are returned with the confirmed dates printed on and the weeks still able to book off highlighted.

I do so many favours at work in the past - such as staying on work for an extra hour because colleague ran in sick,, changed my hours half an hour before I go into work as they messed up on the schedule etc.I have done 5 already this year, plus I had a week off! I hardly asked them to do favours for me. This asking to work Xmas Eve instead of 26/12 is worth 25 favours. No, actually, it isn't. Work doesn't operate on the basis of doing favours. You haven't done them any favours. They won't do you any.

Most of my colleagues have relatives that live less than 10 miles. Apart from my parents, my other relatives live 2 hours drive away. My colleagues have the 'luxury' of able to finish work at a reasonable time and going to see their relatives. Whilst I don't. Plus, I have not seen my relatives much last year because Mum broke her leg and spend my spare time sorting her out than spending time with my relatives. Why do you think your personal circumstances are relevant? Where your relatives live has nothing to do with the holiday process adopted by your employer.

I even get my trade union rep to help me.

The only way in which a holiday booking rpocess can work is if it is fairly applied to everyone, and there is not evidence that the employer is not doing so. As soon as it starts relying on "favours" and " personal circumstances" it becomes a free for all which is clearly not something which your employer can sustain. Like you said, it is rather pathetic to make a fuss about not liking one day on which you are rostered to work (if you are) - there are always winners and losers at times, and a single day this year is not a big deal.

agrinnall

You only really have two complaints.

1) Your employer doesn't seem to have a system in place to allow employees in the same department to fairly allocate leave on days where demand for time off may be higher than is allowable for business reasons.

2) You are annoyed at yourself for not getting up a bit earlier so that you could be further up the line to hand in your holiday request.

Solutions:

1) Join a union and encourage other to do so in order for this type of issue to be addressed.

2) New alarm clock.

GothicStirling

Weren't you going on about this a month ago? What has taken so long to put the holiday form in?

ALI1973

blondebubbles wrote: »

What law forces an employer to close on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day?

UK Trading Laws

https://www.gov.uk/trading-hours-for-retailers-the-law

ohreally

ALI1973 wrote: »

UK Trading Laws

https://www.gov.uk/trading-hours-for-retailers-the-law

You mean England and Wales laws.

ALI1973

ohreally wrote: »

You mean England and Wales laws.

Ooops, yes

agrinnall

ohreally wrote: »

You mean England and Wales laws.

To be fair they are laws made by the UK Parliament, they just don't apply in Scotland (and probably NI).

Another_not_new_user

agrinnall wrote: »

To be fair they are laws made by the UK Parliament, they just don't apply in Scotland (and probably NI).

Northern Ireland has the same regulations as England and Wales. Scotland has none, but depending on whereabouts you are, the shops won't even be open on a Sunday, never mind Easter or Christmas day.