Employer forcing annual leave

Adamr93

Hi everyone,
Does anybody know if an employer can force you to take annual leave or make time up for a day where you've had a power cut or your Internet is down for example?

This is based on the fact that I'm working from home due to the pandemic and do not have the choice to work from the office at the moment.

Thanks in advance!

MattMattMattUK

Adamr93 said:

Hi everyone,
Does anybody know if an employer can force you to take annual leave or make time up for a day where you've had a power cut or your Internet is down for example?

This is based on the fact that I'm working from home due to the pandemic and do not have the choice to work from the office at the moment.

Thanks in advance!

They can not force you to take annual leave in that situation, compulsory annual leave requires twice the notice of the duration of the leave, so for one days leave they would have to give you two days notice. However they can make you take the day unpaid as you were not able to work as required. Your option would then be agree to one day's annual leave used to cover the day, or have one day unpaid. Depending on your contract they may be able to have you make up the time, but again the alternative would be to take the day as unpaid.

Puddings

Yes, if you're unable to work then you can either take it unpaid, make up the hours at another time or the company may let you use holiday so that you receive full pay for the downtime. Most employers though I would hope would be a little lenient if its only for an hour or two though.