holiday while on furlough

saintchris

I have a  2week holiday booked in September my employer says they dont think i will be back to work to the end of July at earliest and have said i must take a weeks holiday in June and two weeks in July which means i will not be able to take holiday in September can my employers do this  will appreciate some help on this matter many thanks

huckster

 Employers being totally unfair if you had already booked the time off for September.  
Did you ask your employers for the September time off, before you booked the holiday ?

lincroft1710

It is entirely at your employer's discretion when you take holiday. If they want you to take holiday, they must give twice the notice of the time they want you to take off, so if they want you to take a day off, they must give you 2 days notice. Any holiday taken during furlough has to be paid at 100% of your wages, so your employer has to pay the difference between this and the money you receive on furlough.

Although the employer may in your eyes be behaving unfairly, they are not behaving unlawfully 

sharpe106

huckster said:

 Employers being totally unfair if you had already booked the time off for September.  
Did you ask your employers for the September time off, before you booked the holiday ?

They are not being unfair, if the company had to furlough them then that means the company is struggling to survive. As they are not planning on the OP coming back until the end of July they must be in a pretty bad way. So the OP should be glad to still have a job. It is just unfortunate for them but why would the company want to lose an employee for 5 months get them back for a month then lose them again for 2 weeks.