Carrying over annual leave from last year during Coronovirus

jobbingmusician

Yes, it is their responsibility as your employer to ensure that you take your statutory leave.  As they misled you, they should allow you to carry over!

eastmidsaver

as far as i am aware,  you can carry over annual leave,  only if your employer was unable to let you take your entire leave due to the covid crisis.
however, if you have deliberately saved holiday which you could have taken,  then your employer does not have to let you carry it over, unless they have a policy which allows you to do so.

elsien

eastmidsaver said:

as far as i am aware,  you can carry over annual leave,  only if your employer was unable to let you take your entire leave due to the covid crisis.
however, if you have deliberately saved holiday which you could have taken,  then your employer does not have to let you carry it over, unless they have a policy which allows you to do so.

Statutory leave, not entire leave. Slightly different.
And some companies are being less flexible this year, even where they have a policy that allows leave to be carried over. My company normally allows a few days to be carried over but have made it clear that if people have chosen not to book all their leave (despite multiple prompts) then this year they will lose it. 

theoretica

It seems a case of bouncing right back to the employer.  They messed up about how much leave they would let you carry forward, you based your actions on what they told you.  They have now changed the situation - how are they going to make it right for you and what are they going to do about their mistake and the days they now say you can't carry forward? 

mickym

Thank you all, issue has now been resolved and I am able to use my holiday. Thanks again for all the advice.