Late Announcement re Croatia - now returned and have to self Isolate 14 days - Work says Unpaid ?

prowla

I'm not sure why they would refuse paid leave, as it just means that they'll lose her services for another 2 weeks at some point.

Time2Go_25

Munsy100 said:

bradders1983 said:

May have to use it then.

She offered - they said no 

I can't imagine why they would do that.

bradders1983

Munsy100 said:

bradders1983 said:

May have to use it then.

She offered - they said no 

This does seem off. Doctors surgery you say? They are usually part of a NHS Trust who have central HR policies, get her to contact HR and ask what the NHS Trust policy is on this. As already said, if it was booked prior to the rules changing it does seem a bit off.

EssJayD

Employer not necessarily being out of order not allowing the 2 weeks.  Depends how long the break was for.  If allowing an additional 2 weeks leave would mean that she would not have any holidays or not a lot at all left to take then employer could be being responsible (making sure people have annual leave to take throughout the year so they can have a break from work), it may also go against policy as many employers only allow 2 weeks a/l at a time, and also thinking ahead (people without annual leave who start to burn out more likely to either pull a sickie or get genuinely sick).  It also keeps it fair to those without a/l left to cover the 14 days, and so everyone knows if you take a risk and go on holiday, and you need to quarantine, its unpaid.

For what its worth for those reasons I'd only recommend unpaid leave too.  

Pollycat

Munsy100 said:

She offered - they said no 

I think I would have asked the Practice Manager for the reason behind insisting on unpaid rather than paid leave.

Flugelhorn

bradders1983 said:

Munsy100 said:

bradders1983 said:

May have to use it then.

She offered - they said no 

This does seem off. Doctors surgery you say? They are usually part of a NHS Trust who have central HR policies, get her to contact HR and ask what the NHS Trust policy is on this. As already said, if it was booked prior to the rules changing it does seem a bit off.

they aren't all part of NHS trust by any means - some follow agenda for change but they are all independent businesses and don't  have to follow NHS HR policies

mattyprice4004

Quite annoying that they won't let her use annual leave - but then I guess if they have a policy of no more than 2 weeks at a time that'll explain it.

They're under no obligation to pay for staff needing to quarantine, but even with the 2 weeks rule I mentioned some places have, I'd assume a bit of flexibility would be given during these rather odd times. 

Dr_Crypto

Many (most?) GP practices are independent contractors so don't have to follow NHS Employer's policies. Some chose to. 
A good employer may offer paid leave in these circumstances in addition to annual leave. I know my place does provided the rules changed while the person was away. 
She should discuss further with the practice manager or GP principal. 

hb2

It might be worth pointing out to the Practice Manager/senior GP that taking unpaid leave will mean that the person still has more leave left to take, thus the practice will have to do without the member of staff for longer over all . . .

Sea_Shell

When does your holiday "year" run.  Calendar year or say April to April.

If the latter, I'd much rather take the unpaid now and still keep my paid leave for later on.   If you use up all your paid leave now, you'll have less to take when you might want (need) it.

There is no guarantee that they'll let you take unpaid leave another time for another reason.