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aj68

Can my employer do this or do they need me to agree to it. They are also suggesting a 1 week extra holiday at Christmas. We normally have 2  1wshutdowns a year which those 2w are taken from our floating days, at the moment looks like we getting them back & they using them in August. I've already booked my remaining holidays for October so have none left, so if we have 1w extra off at Christmas it looks like I won't be paid, can they do this also.

JamoLew

perfectly legal and above board - they have given the required notice

poppy12345

Yes a lot of employers are telling employees when to to take their annual leave. They are giving the correct amount of notice and paying you 100% of your wages.

mattyprice4004

Yes, an employer can dictate when you take your holidays - it's not common (and most people don't know this) but it is legal. 

Jeremy535897

All these rules (2 times notice, employer dictates timing) can be overridden by your contract of employment, so check that first.

If you have agreed holiday in October with your employer already, and incurred costs, and your employer cancels it, they must give you at least the same amount of notice as the length of the holiday (assuming your contract of employment doesn't say otherwise) and you could claim compensation for any lost money.

sharpe106

Jeremy535897 said:

All these rules (2 times notice, employer dictates timing) can be overridden by your contract of employment, so check that first.

If you have agreed holiday in October with your employer already, and incurred costs, and your employer cancels it, they must give you at least the same amount of notice as the length of the holiday (assuming your contract of employment doesn't say otherwise) and you could claim compensation for any lost money.

Do they actually have to compensate for any lose? All I have ever seen is basically it is best practice to do that.

Jeremy535897

It's not 100% clear. See:
https://www.xperthr.co.uk/faq/can-an-employer-cancel-an-employees-booked-period-of-annual-leave/156224/

GaleSF63

Depending on the job, people can go right through their working life without realising that their employer can dictate when they take leave because it never happens (other than fitting in with colleagues so that not too many are off at the same time). 

Now a lot of people are finding out!